Patent ID: 6941149

Claim:
An apparatus for providing Instant Messaging (IM) services in a wireless communication system, comprising: an IM data storage device configured to store first IM contact data associated with an IM client; an IM server configured to access said IM data storage device and retrieve said first IM contact data associated with said IM client; and an IM access portal in operable communication with said IM server and configured to access second IM contact data associated with said IM client and transmitted to a wireless device of said IM client during a prior wireless connection, said IM access portal further configured to perform a comparison of said first IM contact data and said second IM contact data and transmit difference IM contact data to the wireless device of said IM client that is produced with said comparison of said first IM contact data and said second IM contact data, wherein said second IM contact data associated with said IM client is undated with said first IM contact data associated with said IM client for subsequent comparison.