Patent ID: 8548446

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for forming a shared telephone address book comprising: a wireless communication means ( 2 ) which sets up a connection with a plurality of telephony terminals ( 10 ) located in a coverage area (Zc) of said wireless communication means, each telephony terminal ( 10 ) including: a personal telephone book ( 11 ) which memorizes contact cards; a connection means ( 12 ) which connects said telephony terminal with said wireless communication means ( 2 ) when said telephony terminal is within said coverage area; a storage means ( 3 ) for storing contact cards and identifiers of the plurality of telephony terminals whose contact cards are memorized by the personal telephone book of each of said plurality of telephony terminals; a means ( 4 ) for making available, to said plurality of telephony terminals ( 10 ) once the plurality of telephony terminals ( 10 ) are wirelessly connected to the device, the contact cards stored in the storage means ( 3 ) of said device ( 1 ) for incorporation of said contact cards into the personal address book ( 11 ) of the plurality of the telephony terminals ( 10 ); and a means ( 5 ) for automatically importing, into said storage means ( 3 ), contact cards memorized in the personal telephone book ( 11 ) of the plurality of the telephony terminals ( 10 ) once the telephony terminal ( 10 ) is in the coverage area (Zc), wherein each personal telephone book ( 11 ) when wirelessly connected to the device is automatically loaded with contact cards from the storage means by operation of said means for making available.