Patent ID: 8615509

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for requesting from a mobile device to a source, the method comprising: in a mobile device comprising a datastore, the datastore comprising a plurality of personal records: periodically retrieving information responsive to a query directed to the plurality of personal records; abstracting at least a subset of the retrieved information, resulting in abstracted information, wherein abstracting includes identifying a frequency of occurrence of at least one region value in the plurality of personal records based on a name, a street address, a city, an area code and a phone number, wherein at least one region value is cross-referenced for missing region value information with information in a lookup table of the mobile device, wherein the abstracted information is non-personal and includes the identified frequency of occurrence; and periodically sending, to the source, the abstracted non-personal information from the mobile device in place of the retrieved information, wherein the datastore is an address book, and the frequency of occurrence is that of at least one region value identified in the address book and is a percentage of occurrence of the at least one region value in relation to the other region values in the address book.