Methods and Systems for Contact Management

摘要

A method for contact management comprises retrieving, using a mobile electronic device of a user, contact information from multiple external sources. The method next comprises storing said contact information in a memory location of said mobile electronic device. Next, the method comprises determining with a computer processor whether contact information from a portion of said multiple sources at least partially overlaps with contact information from a remainder of said multiple sources. The method next comprises either merging the contact information to generate a consolidated contact record or splitting the contact information to generate split contact records based on the determining the overlap. And then the method comprises storing said consolidated contact record or split contact records in a memory location of said mobile electronic device.

主权项

1. A method for contact management from multiple sources of contact information, comprising
(a) retrieving, with a mobile electronic device of a user, contact information from multiple external sources of contact information over a network; (b) storing said contact information in a memory location of said mobile electronic device; (c) determining with a computer processor whether contact information from a portion of said multiple sources at least partially overlaps with contact information from a remainder of said multiple sources; (d) based on said determining of (c), (i) if there is overlap between said portion of said multiple sources and said remainder of said multiple sources, merging overlapping contact information to generate a consolidated contact record corresponding to a distinct contact, which consolidated contact record has a single set of contact information, or (ii) if said contact information is indicative of two distinct contacts, splitting said contact information to generate split contact records for said two distinct contacts having different sets of contact information; and (e) storing said consolidated contact record or split contact records in a memory location having a database of contact records of said mobile electronic device.