Claims
- 1. A method for use in populating an electronic address book, comprising:
searching through at least one archive of e-mails for an e-mail address; evaluating the e-mail address based on a first defined criterion; and adding the e-mail address to an address book if the first criterion is satisfied.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching includes searching an “In” field, a “sent” field and a “cc” field.
- 3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the evaluating includes determining if the e-mail address already exists in the address book, and not adding the e-mail address in the address book if it already exists in the address book.
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the evaluating includes evaluating the e-mail address based on a second defined criterion; and
the adding includes adding the e-mail address to the address book if both the first and the second criterion are satisfied, and not adding the e-mail address to the address book unless both the first and second criteria are satisfied.
- 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:
determining if the archive from which the e-mail address was retrieved includes an organization; organizing the address book according to at least a portion of archive from which the e-mail address was retrieved; and the adding includes adding the e-mail such that the e-mail address is added according to the organized address book.
- 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
generating a retrieved list of e-mail addresses retrieved during the searching that satisfy the first criterion; and the adding includes adding the e-mail addresses if the e-mail address is confirmed to be added.
- 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:
generating a verification list of at least the e-mail address added to the address book.
- 8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:
receiving confirmation of additions based on the retrieved list prior to the adding the e-mail address.
- 9. A method for use in generating and maintaining an address book, comprising:
accessing an electronic archive containing e-mail addresses; searching the archive for the e-mail addresses; retrieving one or more e-mail addresses; applying a first criterion to a first retrieved e-mail address; and adding the first retrieved address to an electronic address book if the first criterion is met.
- 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the applying includes applying a second criterion to the first retrieved address; and
the adding includes adding the first retrieved address to the electronic address book if both the first and second criteria are met.
- 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
supplying a plurality of criteria options; and receiving a selection of criteria including the first and second criteria.
- 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the archive includes an archive of e-mails; and
the searching includes searching a plurality of fields associated with each e-mail of the archive.
- 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
accessing an external archive associated with an external device; searching the external archive for e-mail addresses; retrieving e-mail addresses from the external archive; applying the first and second criteria; and adding the retrieved e-mail addresses from the external archive if the retrieved e-mail addresses from the external archives meet both the first and second criteria.
- 14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
determining if the archive includes an organizational folder; determining if the e-mail address was retrieved from the organization folder; generating a folder within the addresses book; and the adding includes adding the first e-mail address to the electronic address book in the generated folder.
- 15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
generating a nickname in association with the first e-mail address; and adding the nickname associated with the first e-mail address to the address book.
- 16. An apparatus for use in generating and updating an electronic address book, comprising:
an electronic address book configured to store one or more e-mail addresses; means for scanning configured to search one or more archives for at least one e-mail address and to retrieve the at least one e-mail address; means for filtering configured to receive the at least one e-mail address from the means for scanning and to pass the e-mail address if the e-mail address satisfies a criterion of the means for filtering; and means for adding configured to add the at least one e-mail address to the address book if the at least one address is passed by the filter.
- 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the archive includes a plurality of e-mails having a plurality of fields; and
the means for scanning is configured to scan the plurality of fields of the plurality of e-mails.
- 18. A computer readable medium encoded with code segments for use in populating an electronic address book, the computer readable medium comprising:
a code segment for searching through at least one electronic archive of e-mails for e-mail addresses; a code segment for evaluating a retrieved e-mail address based on a first defined criterion; and a code segment for adding the e-mail address to an address book if the first criterion is satisfied.
- 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
a code segment for evaluating the e-mail address based on a second criterion; and the code segment for adding is configured to add the retrieved e-mail address to the electronic address book if both the first and second criteria are satisfied.
- 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
a code segment for supplying a plurality of criteria options; and a code segment for receiving a selection of criteria including the first and second criteria.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/456,616, filed Mar. 21, 2003, of Kobashikawa, et al., for ADDRESS BOOK BUILDER, which U.S. provisional patent application is hereby fully incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60456616 |
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