Patent · US Active

Method and system for providing and managing public telephone directory service

US8379837B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

5References

50Claims

0Family size

Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Kirk S. Taylor · San Diego, US
Jack Steenstra · San Diego, US
Liren Chen · Suzhou, CN

Key dates

Filing date	May 6, 2005
Grant date	Feb 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/30
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for use in a directory service is disclosed. The apparatus may include a memory configured to store a local directory and a processor configured to manage the local directory, the local directory including a plurality of directory entries organized in a subdomain hierarchical structure, each directory entry being associated with an alias constructed using subdomain hierarchical information, each alias being linked to a user domain associated with a user, the user domain being linked to a record containing contact information for the user.

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