Patent ID: 7894809

Claim:
A method for sharing address data among multiple applications on a mobile communications device, comprising: receiving, at the mobile communication device, a query from a query source, wherein the query source is an application disposed on the mobile communication device; searching a local common database disposed on the mobile communications device for a local matching record meeting conditions of the received query, the local common database being accessible to an address book application and a messaging application disposed on the mobile communications device; if at least one local matching record is found in the local common database: presenting the at least one local matching record to the query source; and receiving an indication from the query source indicating whether any of the at least one local matching record is acceptable; if no local matching record is found in the local common database or if none of the at least one local matching record is indicated as being acceptable: querying, via a wireless packet data service network, a remote address database disposed on a remote server, for a remote matching record meeting conditions of the received query; if at least one remote matching record is found in the remote address database: receiving via the wireless packet data service network the at least one remote matching record; presenting the at least one remote matching record to the query source; receiving an indication from the query source indicating whether any of the at least one remote matching record is acceptable; and updating the local common database to incorporate a remote matching record if a remote matching record is indicated as being acceptable.