Electronic business card hand-over

摘要

Method and apparatus for altering the phone book entries of a cellular phone are disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, standard short message service messages are used to transmit phonebook entries to a cellular phone. The short message service entries are modified in that the short message service header includes a tag identifying the message as a phone book entry. The mobile station receiving the short message service message reads the short message service header tag identifying the message as a phone book entry and automatically decodes the phone book fields and enters them into the standard phone book memory of the mobile phone. The present invention is also employable with standardized electronic business card technology.