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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Phillip George Tamchina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael M. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Chad G. Seguin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Phillip George Tamchina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael M. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Chad G. Seguin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
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.