| 摘要 |
<p>THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADING AND SAVING CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) INTO THE CONTACT LIST OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE (11). THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE (11) IS DETERMINED AND THEN CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) FOR VARIOUS ENTITIES, SUCH AS BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOCATED IN PROXIMITY TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION IS AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADED TO THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE (11) AND STORED LOCALLY WITHIN THE CONTACT LIST OF THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE (11) AS IF THE CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) WAS MANUALLY INPUT TO THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE (11). THE CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) MAY INCLUDE TELEPHONE NUMBERS THAT CAN BE DIALED WITH A SINGLE DIALING INSTRUCTION RATHER THAN REQUIRING A USER TO MANUALLY INPUT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER TO THE DIALING PAD OF THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE (11). ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE INVENTION RELATES TO APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADVERTISING ON COMMUNICATION DEVICES, SUCH AS CELLULAR PHONES (11). A 'CENTRAL CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) DATABASE' CONTAINING CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS IS CREATED. THE 'CENTRAL CONTACT INFORMATION DATABASE' IS SAVED IN A 'CENTRAL SERVER' (10). ONE OR MORE ADVERTISEMENTS (AD) IN THE FORM OF DATA, AUDIO, VIDEO, OR IMAGE FILE OR A COMBINATION THEREOF IS PAIRED (PR) TO ONE OR MORE CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) CONTAINED IN THE 'CENTRAL CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) DATABASE'. THE CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) AND PAIRED (PR) ADVERTISEMENTS (AD) MAY THEN BE DOWNLOADED AND AUTOMATICALLY STORED IN MEMORY OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE (11). IN ONE EMBODIMENT, THE CONTACT INFORMATION (CN) IS DOWNLOADED BASED ON A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE (11). (FIGURE 1)</p> |
