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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Anthony George Burns, Waterloo, CA;
Anthony George Burns, Waterloo, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for automatically grouping user-specific information items () in a mobile station () are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a method includes the steps of reading a first user-specific information item (, or) associated with a first file or application of the mobile station (); storing the first user-specific information item (, or) in a user information file or message () of the mobile station (); and repeating the acts of reading and storing for at least a second user-specific information item (, or) associated with a second file or application of the mobile station (), so that the first and the second user-specific information items are grouped together as user information in the user information file or message (). Examples of user-specific information items () include a user name () associated with an end user of the mobile station (), a telephone number () (e.g. an IMSI) of the mobile station (), an e-mail address () associated with an e-mail communication application of the mobile station (), and a Personal Identification Number (PIN) () of the mobile station (). The user information file or message () containing the user-specific information items () may easily be transmitted from the mobile station () to one or more recipients through a wireless communication network () in a message such as an e-mail or PIN message.