Patent ID: 8069143

Claim:
A system for remote deletion of contact information, the system comprising: a first device associated with a first user and including a local contact database, the first device being configured to: receive a delete request message from a second device associated with a second user, the delete request message comprising a request to delete, from the first device, contact information associated with the second user; delete the contact information associated with the second user in response to receiving the delete request message from the second device; and perform a synchronization with a local computer following deleting of the contact information, the local computer being associated with the first user and including a local contact database, the synchronization including synchronizing a local contact database of the first device with the local contact database of the local computer; wherein the first device, in performing the synchronization, executes an action to ensure that the contact information, deleted at the first device in response to the delete request message received from the second device, is not added to the local contact database of the first device.