{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8503629","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8503629","title":"Computing device with remote contact lists","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2010-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04L","H04L","H04L","H04L","H04L","H04M","H04M","H04W","H04W","H04L"],"num_claims":21,"abstract":"In one implementation a computer-implemented method includes generating a group of telephone contacts for a first user, wherein the generating includes identifying a second user as a contact of the first user based upon a determination that the second user has at least a threshold email-based association with the first user; and adding the identified second user to the group of telephone contacts for the first user. The method further includes receiving a first request to connect a first telephone device associated with the first user to a second telephone device associated with the second user. The method also includes identifying a contact identifier of the second telephone device using the generated group of telephone contacts for the first user, and initiating a connection between the first telephone device and the second telephone device using the identified contact identifier."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Computing device with remote contact lists","description":"In one implementation a computer-implemented method includes generating a group of telephone contacts for a first user, wherein the generating includes identifying a second user as a contact of the fi","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8503629","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8503629","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Computing device with remote contact lists\" (US-8503629). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8503629","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8503629","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8503629","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T11:21:25.426Z"}