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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2012
Applicants:

Phillip George Tamchina, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael M. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Chad G. Seguin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Inventors:

Phillip George Tamchina, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael M. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Chad G. Seguin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/64 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A source mobile telephone detects that a telephone number of the telephone has changed to a new number, and in response, sends a text or short message service (SMS) notice message to contacts identified in the mobile telephone to indicate that the source mobile telephone has a new telephone number. In response to receiving the text or SMS notice message, a contact telephony device may update its contact list to reflect the new number. Other embodiments are also described.


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