Patent ID: 8548010

Claim:
A method for synchronizing contact information between a first communication device associated with a first user and a second communication device associated with a second user, the method comprising: monitoring the occurrence of a trigger on the first communication device; transferring, in a first transfer step, upon the occurrence of the trigger, a first data object to the second communication device, wherein the first data object comprises contact information associated with the first communication device and an invitation to synchronize, wherein the contact information corresponds to contact entries for two or more individuals or companies; receiving, at the first communication device, a response data object from the second communication device, wherein the response data object comprises at least one of: (1) updated contact information for at least one of the contact entries indicated in the first data object and (2) a request for more recent data associated with at least one of the contact entries indicated in the first data object; and processing the response data object; wherein the response data object comprises a request for more recent data associated with at least one of the contact entries indicated in the first data object, the method further comprising transferring, in a second transfer step, a second data object to the second communication device, wherein the second data object comprises more recent data associated with the at least one of the contact entries.