Techniques to manage contact information for a subscriber identity module

US7848781B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PALM FIRM CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Vijay Kumar BHAT · Smørumnedre, DK
• David Champlin · Menlo Park, US
• Niraj Bali · Sunnyvale, US
• Nancy Gayed · San Francisco, US
• Mark Eastwood · Santa Monica, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M1/2757
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques to manage contact information are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may include a subscriber identity module having a first set of contact information. The mobile computing device may also include a contact management module. The contact management module may include a subscriber identity module cache manager to retrieve the first set of contact information from the subscriber identity module and store it in a subscriber identity module cache. The contact management module may also include a contact information database having a second set of contact information. The contact management module may further include a contact database manager to retrieve the first set of contact information from the contact information database and the second set of contact information from the subscriber identity module cache for a contact application. Other embodiments are described and claimed.