Patent ID: 7039177

Claim:
An electronic communications device comprising: a processor; and a storage medium comprising program instructions executable by the processor for: receiving an electronic notification of a change to a directory entry stored within the electronic communications device, wherein the electronic notification includes an identifier, a category heading, and an altered value; presenting the electronic notification to a user of the electronic communications device; and automatically updating the directory entry to include the altered value upon receipt of an acceptance command generated by the user, wherein the step of automatically updating the directory entry comprises: comparing the identifier of the electronic notification to entry identifiers corresponding to a plurality of directory entries stored within the electronic communications device; comparing the category heading of the electronic notification to field headings corresponding to the plurality of directory entries, upon matching the identifier of the electronic notification to an entry identifier associated with the directory entry; and replacing one or more entry content values corresponding to the directory entry with the altered value, upon matching the category heading of the electronic notification to one or more field headings associated with the directory entry.