Patent ID: 7869820

Claim:
A method for providing contact data in a wireless telecommunication system, the method comprising: receiving contact information from a first mobile station for a contact data record in a memory of the first mobile station, the contact information being received via a wireless communication link; storing the contact data record in a contact database located remotely from the first mobile station; receiving a selection from a second mobile station for the contact data record in the contact database; and transmitting the contact data record to the second mobile station for storage in a memory of the second mobile station, the contact database located remotely from the second mobile station, the contact data record being transmitted via a wireless communication link; wherein receiving the selection from the second mobile station for contact data record and transmitting the contact data record to the second mobile station for storage in the memory of the second mobile station are performed automatically when a subscriber identity module (SIM) is placed in the second mobile station.