Method and apparatus for managing contact books

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8437456
APP PUB NO 20100020949A1
SERIAL NO

12181027

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A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to receive from a first communication device (CD) a telephone number of a second CD, submit a verification code to the second CD, submit a request to the first CD for the verification code, receive the verification code from the first CD, provide the first CD access to update in whole or in part a second contact book of the second CD stored in a contact book account, receive from the first CD one or more entries of a first contact book of the first CD, merge the one or more entries of the first contact book with one or more entries of the second contact book, thereby generating an updated second contact book, and store the updated second contact book in the contact book account. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

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AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P754 PEACHTREE STREET NE SUITE 7C ATLANTA GA 30308

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Karnalkar, Anup D Allen, US 59 504
Robbins, William S Sun Prairie, US 34 168
Wallis, Tyler San Antonio, US 15 410

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