Patent ID: 7970792

Claim:
An information management system for sharing contact information over a network, the system comprising: a first mobile communication device having a first application module, the first mobile communication device operating with the network and in communication with a second mobile communication device having a second application module; a first operating system residing on the first mobile communication device configured to detect a communication event relating to a communication between the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device; and an address book module residing on the first mobile communication device that includes contact information associated with the first user, wherein the first application module is configured to: cause, in response to the detection of the communication event, a prompt to be provided to the first user of the first mobile communication device that requests permission to send contact information associated with the first user to the second mobile communication device, wherein the permission is requested after the occurrence of the communication event; retrieve the contact information associated with the first user from the address book module; cause the sending of the retrieved contact information associated with the first user of the first mobile communication device to the second mobile communication device via the network after permission is granted by the first user to send the contact information.