Patent ID: RE44597

Claim:
A method for supporting updates of database contact information to containing at least one contact name with an associated contact number on a mobile communications devices, the method comprising: compiling database contact information for a group of mobile communications devices, each mobile communications device including a local database and a global database; uploading the database contact information to a master database of a service provider computer server; downloading the database contact information to and updating each global database of the group of mobile communications devices, wherein the database contact information comprises a plurality of contact names and an associated telephone number for each contact name; entering database contact information directly into a mobile communications device, said mobile communications device including a local database and a global database; and enabling a user to indicate whether the entered information is to remain local or global, wherein local information is stored in the local database to be stored only on that mobile communications device and global information is stored in the global database, said global information being sent to the service provider computer server to update the master database. downloading via a wireless interface of the mobile communications device database contact information contained in a master database of a service provider computer server to a global database of the mobile communications device to update the global database; providing a signal path that excludes the wireless interface to enable a user to enter database contact information into the mobile communications device; and providing a selectable option for entering the database contact information on the mobile communications device, the selectable option controlling whether the user entered contact information is to remain local or global, wherein local contact information is stored in a local database of the mobile communications device and global contact information is stored in the global database, the global contact information contained in the global database being responsive to a command for uploading the global contact information to the service provider computer server to update the master database.