Contact information rights management
View Patent ↗A system is provided for contact information rights management. The system includes a processor, a memory, and a management component stored in the memory. When executed by the processor, the management component provides contact information associated with a first communication device to a second communication device in response to a first input provided by one of an interface of the first communication device and an interface of a third communication device. The management component also deletes the contact information from the second communication device in response to a second input provided by one of the interface of the first communication device and the interface of the third communication device.
1. A system for contact information rights management, comprising:
a communication server comprising:
a processor;
a memory; and
a server management component stored in the memory, wherein the server management component, when executed by the processor,
receives an add request from a first communication device to provide contact information associated with the first communication device to a second communication device,
in response to receiving the add request, provides the contact information associated with the first communication device to the second communication device and adds the second communication device to a distribution list associated with the first communication device,
receives a delete request from at least one of the first communication device or a third communication device to delete the contact information associated with the first communication device from the second communication device, and
in response to receiving the delete request, deletes the contact information from the second communication device and removes the second communication device from the distribution list associated with the first communication device.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server management component at least one of provides the contact information and deletes the contact information via one of a data session and a short message service (SMS) message via a communication device wireless paging channel.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the contact information comprises at least one of a home communication device identifier, a work communication device identifier, a communication device identifier, an email address, a telephone number, and a uniform resource locator.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first communication device, the second communication device, and the third communication device is one of a mobile phone, a wireless communication device, a pager, a personal digital assistant, a telephone, a portable computer, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a digital camera, a digital music player, a digital calculator, an electronic key fob for keyless entry, a media player, and an inventory control device.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server management component authenticates at least one of the first communication device and the third communication device.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server management component further promotes a user interface on the second communication device to display a message about the receipt of the contact information, wherein the message indicates a request to identify the contact information.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second communication device further stores the contact information in a contact list and the server management component deletes the contact information from the contact list stored by the second communication device.
8. A system for contact information rights management, comprising:
a communication server comprising:
a processor;
a memory; and
a server management component stored in the memory, wherein the server management component, when executed by the processor,
receives an add request from a first communication device to provide contact information associated with the first communication device and a contact identifier associated with the first communication device to a second communication device, wherein selection of the contact identifier via a user interface on the second communication device enables communication between the second communication device and the first communication device using the contact information,
in response to receiving the add request, provides the contact information and the contact identifier associated with the first communication device to the second communication device and adds the second communication device to a distribution list associated with the first communication device,
receives a delete request from at least one of the first communication device and a third communication device to delete the at least one of the contact information and the contact identifier from the second communication device, and
in response to receiving the delete request, deletes the at least one of the contact information and the contact identifier from the second communication device and removes the second communication device from the distribution list associated with the first communication device.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server management component encrypts the contact information provided to the second communication device, wherein the user interface on the second communication device displays the contact information as encrypted contact information.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server management component further provides updated contact information associated with the first communication device to a plurality of communication devices based on the distribution list associated with the first communication device in response to an update contact information user input via the interface on the third communication device.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server management component further creates the distribution list, wherein the distribution list lists a provision of the at least one of the contact identifier and the contact information associated with the first communication device to a plurality of communication devices that comprise the second communication device, and wherein the distribution list identifies a corresponding set of the contact information associated with each of the plurality of communication devices.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the server management component further provides updated contact information associated with the first communication device to the plurality of communication devices based on the distribution list in response to an update contact information user input via the interface on the third communication device.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the server management component further provides updated contact information associated with the first communication device to a set of the plurality of communication devices based on the distribution list in response to an update contact information user input and a selection of the set via the interface on the third communication device.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the server management component provides updated contact information associated with the first communication device to a first subset of the set of the plurality of communication devices based on a determination that a second subset of the plurality of communication devices have deleted the contact information, wherein the first subset is different from the second subset.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the server management component further continues to provide updated contact information associated with the first communication device to each of the first subset of the set of the plurality of communication devices until one of receipt of a corresponding update acknowledgement associated with each communication device of the first subset and an expiration of a predetermined time period associated with each communication device.