| 摘要 |
<p>A apparatus and method for contact expiration management that includes identifying a contact as temporary (202), setting an expiration date for the temporary contact (203), and removing the temporary contact on the expiration date(407). The apparatus may be a mobile device (100) such as a mobile phone. A user of the mobile device may respond to a prompt (404) and select removing the temporary contacts (406, 407) or the temporary contacts may be removed automatically (403, 404). A cleanup routine (103) operating on the mobile device (100) monitors time stamps on contacts and expiration dates of contacts to determine when a contact might be removed.</p> |
