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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Jeffrey Craig Kunins, Seattle, WA (US);
Angus Macdonald David, Providence, RI (US);
Lisa Stifelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Weiden, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Adam Elman, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sarah Caplener, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Rao S. Surapaneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajeev Khurana, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jeffrey Craig Kunins, Seattle, WA (US);
Angus MacDonald David, Providence, RI (US);
Lisa Stifelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Weiden, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Adam Elman, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sarah Caplener, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Rao S. Surapaneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajeev Khurana, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for updating a network accessible address book for a user is disclosed. The system includes a network address reference detection agent that detects a network address reference resulting from user interaction with a network addressable device. Network address references include e-mail addresses, SMS addresses, and telephone numbers. After the network address reference detection agent detects an event, a user identity data store is accessed. The user identity data store provides a reverse-lookup of one or more profile elements based upon the network address reference detected by the network address reference detection agent. The system also includes a capture agent for evaluating a business rule based at least on the network address reference. If the business rule is satisfied, the capture agent provides a prompt as to whether the one or more profile elements should be added at least in part to the network accessible address book for the user.