Method and system for making accessible wirelessly a network phonebook and journal database

US7085257B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Nokia · FI

Inventors

• Heidi Karves · Tampere, FI
• Eeva-Liisa Heinonen · Tampere, FI
• Jaakko Itavaara · Kirkkonummi, FI
• Kai Kronström · Tampere, FI
• Kari Lehtinen · Salo, FI
• Jari Mononen · Ruutana, FI
• Petri Nykanen · Tampere, FI
• Mikko Virtanen · Helsinki, FI

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W84/12
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed a method and system to provide a wireless terminal online access capability to a system phonebook, such as a WLAN, which calls for instructing the system to start a phonebook application such that for incoming calls the phonebook application commences in response to a phone number identification at the user terminal side and for outgoing calls the phonebook application commences through a User Interface (UI) of the user terminal; and performing a search query of the phonebook database to identify a caller corresponding to a phone number identification of an incoming call and/or at least one of a phone number and person or party of the call to be initiated.