Patent ID: 8467815

Claim:
A mobile communication device that automatically populates address book fields, the device comprising: a system for sending and receiving short message service (SMS) messages; an address book that includes an entry for an owner and entries for contacts associated with the owner, wherein each entry includes a set of attributes and at least one piece of attribute data; a system for parsing an incoming SMS message to identify a request for attribute data of the owner and for generating a responsive SMS message with attribute data of the owner; a system for determining whether any non-filled attributes exist in the entries in the address book for contacts associated with the owner without prompting from a user associated with the owner; and a system for: issuing SMS messages to contacts in the address book requesting additional attribute data to automatically complete the any non-filled attributes in response to determining the any non-filled attributes exist in the entries in the address book; and loading received attribute data associated with the any non-filled attributes into the address book.