Auto-resolve recipients cache

US8499052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Patrick Tousignant · Bellevue, US
• Selvaraj Nalliah · Redmond, US
• Shivakumar Seetharaman · Snoqualmie, US
• Salman Zafar · Mill Creek, US
• John Allen Atwood · Duvall, US
• Gregory A. Bolles · Snohomish, US
• Juan V. Esteve Balducci · Sammamish, US
• Kevin Resnick · Olathe, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 30, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In embodiments, mobile devices request and utilize recipient caches. Recipient caches store information regarding previous recipients of communications. The information on recipients includes when the recipient was last contacted and the frequency with which a recipient is contacted. In embodiments, a mobile device requests a recipient cache from a server. When a user types a string of text, the mobile device then uses the recipient cache as well as the contacts and emails on the mobile device and resolves a recipient list. In other embodiments, a recipient cache on a server is updated when a mobile device sends a message with new recipient information. In another embodiment, a server resolves conflicting messages by using recipient information.