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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Hina Purohit, Pimple Saudagar, IN;
Prasad P. Purandare, Dhankawdi, IN;
Girish Padmanabhan, Pune, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the invention include collecting contact information in a background mode by a contact service application executing on a first electronic communication device of a first user. The collecting includes detecting via a first communication channel second electronic communication devices of second users executing copies of the contact service application. Contact information is received for each of the second users. At least a portion of the contact information for each of the second users is in a format that is not readable via a user interface of the first electronic communication device. A request from the first user to contact a selected one of the second users is received via the user interface of the first electronic communication device. In response to receiving the request, a second communication channel is initiated with the selected one of the second users based at least in part on the received contact information.