U.S. patent application number 16/444830 was filed with the patent office on 2019-10-03 for method and system for consolidating data retrieved from different sources.
The applicant listed for this patent is PHONEMIX LTD.. Invention is credited to Gideon DRORI, Oleg GOLOBRODSKY.
Application Number | 20190303384 16/444830 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 50436363 |
Filed Date | 2019-10-03 |
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United States Patent
Application |
20190303384 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
GOLOBRODSKY; Oleg ; et
al. |
October 3, 2019 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSOLIDATING DATA RETRIEVED FROM DIFFERENT
SOURCES
Abstract
A method is provided for consolidating data retrieved from
different text records stored in different languages and associated
with a single user. According to an embodiment, the method
comprises the steps of: extracting a plurality of users'
identifications from a plurality of text records and converting
them into a corresponding plurality of speech records, each being
essentially identical to the pronunciation of a corresponding user
identification in a language which its respective text record has
been stored; converting each speech record to a respective data
record; extracting from the data records obtained, at least one
group of data records comprising two or more data records
essentially identical to each other; for each of the groups,
retrieving information comprised in two or more text records which
are stored in different languages from each other; and storing the
information retrieved in a consolidated text record.
Inventors: |
GOLOBRODSKY; Oleg; (Petach
Tikva, IL) ; DRORI; Gideon; (Sha'arei Tikva,
IL) |
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Applicant: |
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State |
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PHONEMIX LTD. |
Petah Tikva |
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IL |
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Family ID: |
50436363 |
Appl. No.: |
16/444830 |
Filed: |
June 18, 2019 |
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10324949 |
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PCT/IL2014/000032 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 16/245 20190101;
G06F 16/30 20190101; G10L 13/086 20130101; G06F 16/215 20190101;
G10L 15/005 20130101; G06F 16/36 20190101; G06F 16/258 20190101;
G10L 13/00 20130101; G10L 15/06 20130101 |
International
Class: |
G06F 16/25 20060101
G06F016/25; G06F 16/245 20060101 G06F016/245; G10L 15/00 20060101
G10L015/00; G06F 16/215 20060101 G06F016/215 |
Foreign Application Data
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Application Number |
Jun 23, 2013 |
IL |
227135 |
Claims
1. A method for consolidating data retrieved from different text
records associated with a user, wherein the text records have been
stored in different languages in at least one database, and wherein
the data being consolidated pertain to a single user, said method
comprises the steps of: providing a text file comprising
information that pertains to said single user; providing at least
one database configured to store a plurality of text records, where
each text record comprises information associated with a respective
user, and wherein at least two of the stored text records are
stored in different languages; extracting a plurality of users'
identifications from the plurality of text records stored in said
at least one database, wherein said plurality of text records
comprises the at least two of the stored text records that are
stored in different languages; converting each of the plurality of
user identifications into a corresponding speech record, wherein
each speech record is a data record that comprises a digital
representation of a corresponding user identification as pronounced
in a language at which its respective text record has been stored;
arranging said plurality of data records in at least one group of
data records, where at least one group comprises two or more data
records retrieved from among said plurality of data records that
are essentially identical to each other, and associated with said
single user to whom said information provided in the text file
pertains; for each of the at least one group, retrieving from said
at least one database information comprised in two or more text
records, wherein the two or more text records comprise information
in at least two different languages, and wherein said two or more
text records are associated with the two or more data records
included in that group; and consolidating the information retrieved
in a consolidated text record, thereby obtaining a consolidated
text record which comprises information that pertains to said
single user that has been retrieved from the two or more text
records.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein some of the plurality of text
records are stored at a first database whereas others of the
plurality of text records are stored at a second database, and
wherein at least one of the groups of data records comprises one
data record that is associated with a text record stored at the
first database and at least one other data record that is
associated with a text record stored at the second database.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein some of the plurality of text
records are stored in a first language whereas others of the
plurality of text records are stored in a different language, and
wherein at least one of the groups of data records comprises one
data record that is associated with a text record stored in the
first language and at least one other data record that is
associated with a text record stored in the different language.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of identifying
the language in which at least one of the plurality of text records
has been stored, prior to carrying out the step of extracting the
plurality of users' identifications.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of identifying the
language comprises identifying a combination of characters
comprised in one or more of the plurality of text records.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of text records
includes one text record that pertains to a selected user and the
remaining text records comprise at least one other text record that
pertains to the same selected user.
7. A system for consolidating data retrieved from different text
records, each associated with a user, wherein the text records have
been stored in different languages in at least one database, and
wherein the data being consolidated pertain to a single user, the
system comprising: a receiving means configured to receive a text
file comprising information that pertains to said single user; at
least one database configured to store a plurality of text records,
each of which comprises information associated with a specific user
and comprises an identification thereof, and wherein at least two
of the stored text records are stored in different languages, one
or more processors operative to: extract a plurality of users'
identifications from the plurality of text records stored in said
at least one database, wherein said plurality of text records
comprises the at least two of the stored text records that are
stored in different languages; convert each of the plurality of
user identifications into a corresponding speech record, wherein
each speech record being a data record that comprises a digital
representation of a corresponding user identification, as
pronounced in a language at which its respective text record has
been stored; convert each of the speech records to a respective
data record, thereby obtaining a plurality of data records, each
comprising a user identification; arrange said plurality of data
records in at least one group of data records, where at least one
group comprises two or more data records retrieved from among said
plurality of data records that are essentially identical to each
other, and associated with said single user to whom said
information provided in the text file pertains; for each of the at
least one group, retrieve from said at least one database
information comprised in two or more text records, wherein the two
or more text records comprise information in at least two different
languages, and wherein said two or more text records are associated
with the two or more data records included in that group; and
consolidate the information retrieved in a consolidated text
record, thereby obtaining a consolidated text record which
comprises information that pertains to said single user that has
been retrieved from the two or more text records.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein some of the plurality of text
records are stored at a first database whereas others of the
plurality of text records are stored at a second database, and
wherein at least one of the groups of data records comprises one
data record that is associated with a text record stored at the
first database and at least one other data record that is
associated with a text record stored at the second database.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein some of the plurality of text
records are stored in a first language whereas others of the
plurality of text records are stored at a second language, and
wherein at least one of the groups of data records comprises one
data record that is associated with a text record stored at the
first language and at least one other data record that is
associated with a text record stored at the second language.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein said one or more processors are
further operative to identify the language at which at least one of
the plurality of text records has been stored, prior to carrying
out the step of extracting the plurality of users'
identifications.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein said one or more processors are
operative to identify the language comprises identifying a
combination of characters comprised in one or more of the plurality
of text records.
12. The system of claim 7, further comprising a user interface to
enable a user to select a text record which pertains to a selected
contact and wherein the plurality of text records includes at least
one other text record that pertains to the same selected user.
13. The system of claim 7, wherein said data records are data
codes.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or
more sequences of instructions which when executed cause one or
more processors to perform: receiving a text file comprising
information that pertains to a single user; extracting a plurality
of users' identifications from a plurality of text records stored
in at least one database, wherein at least two of said plurality of
text records comprising each information associated with said
single user and comprises an identification thereof, and wherein
said at least two text records are stored in different languages;
converting each of the plurality of user identifications into a
corresponding speech record, wherein each speech record being a
data record that comprises is a digital representation of a
corresponding user identification, as pronounced in a language at
which its respective text record has been stored; converting each
of the speech records to a respective data record, thereby
obtaining a plurality of data records; arranging said plurality of
data records in at least one group of data records, where at least
one group comprises two or more data records retrieved from among
said plurality of data records that are essentially identical to
each other, and associated with said single user to whom said
information provided in the text file pertains; for each of the at
least one group, retrieving information comprised in two or more
text records, wherein the two or more text records comprise
information in at least two different languages, and wherein said
two or more text records are associated with the two or more data
records included in that group; and consolidating the information
retrieved in a consolidated text record, thereby obtaining a
consolidated text record which comprises information that pertains
to said single user that has been retrieved from the two or more
text records.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention generally relates to merging data
retrieved from various databases. More particularly, the present
invention relates to a system and a method for merging data stored
in different languages at various databases and retrieved
therefrom.
BACKGROUND
[0002] In today's world, people and businesses retain extensive
amounts of data in various databases. In addition, it is rather
common nowadays for a user to be registered with a large number of
software applications, by providing different user's details (such
as an e-address and perhaps other associated details) in the
registration process with each of these software applications.
Thus, users often have different user names in various applications
(which may also be defined in different formats), and receive and
send messages over a variety of wired and wireless networks via a
variety of devices, such as desktop computers, wired phones,
wireless devices (e.g., phones and personal digital assistants
("PDAs")), and others, where certain details associated with the
users' contact details are stored.
[0003] Moreover, it often happens that when a user wants to
communicate with another user, not only that the details of that
other user must be retrieved from a different database (e.g.
depending on the medium that the user selects for establishing such
a communication session), also the required information may be
stored in a language different from the one currently used by that
user.
[0004] Therefore, there is a need to be able to generate a
consolidated text record that preferably includes all retrievable
contact details for a single entry from various databases,
irrespective of the language in which they were entered. However,
there are several problems which limit the ability to find all the
relevant data associated with an entity in various databases.
Multiple data records may exist for a particular entity as a result
of separate data records received from one or more information
sources, which in turn leads to a problem that may be referred to
as data fragmentation. In case of data fragmentation, a query of
the master database may not retrieve all of the relevant
information about a particular entity. In addition, as described
above, the query may miss some relevant information about an entity
due to a typographical error made during the entry of the data,
which would lead to the problem of data inaccessibility. These
problems limit the ability to locate the information for a
particular entity within one or more databases.
[0005] In order to reduce the amount of data that must be reviewed,
and prevent the user from picking the wrong data record, it is also
desirable to identify and associate data records from various
information sources that may contain information about the same
entity. There are conventional systems that locate duplicate data
records within a database and delete those duplicate data records,
but these systems may only locate data records which are
essentially identical to each other. Thus, these conventional
systems cannot determine if two data records for example, entered
in two different languages, contain nevertheless information about
the same entity. In addition, these conventional systems do not
attempt to index data records from a plurality of different
information sources, and do not locate data records within the one
or more information sources containing information about the same
entity, to enable linking those data records together.
Consequently, it would be desirable to be able to associate data
records from a plurality of information sources which pertain to
the same entity, despite discrepancies between attributes of these
data records and to be able to assemble and present information
from these various data records in a cohesive manner. However, in
practice it might be extremely difficult to provide an accurate,
consolidated view of information from a plurality of information
sources. This is true when all the information is retrieved from
sources handled in one language. The challenge is naturally even
greater in cases where data records are stored in more than one
language, in a number of information sources.
[0006] There are translation programs that may conduct a search for
a word in the non-native language entered by the user and find its
explanation in the native language. However, if the word is not
presented in a written form to the user, he cannot know exactly how
to spell the word. In such a case, the user cannot use usual
translation software for translation. In order to overcome this
problem, some solutions are described in the art which propose to
employ a speech input method for the translation. Such a method
uses a speech-to-text conversion engine for converting the speech
into text, and then translates the converted text as if it were
input text in any of the known methods for translating a text.
However, the problem with such solutions is that not everyone has
the same pronunciation for the same word. Thus, the converted word
may not be the exact one.
[0007] US 20110022378 describes a translation method using phonetic
symbol input that includes the steps of: establishing translation
words in a translation database, each of the translation words
having a corresponding translational explanation; entering an input
message that includes at least one phonetic symbol; according to
some comparison rule, comparing the input message with the
translational explanation corresponding to each of the translation
words and, when there is a match, loading the matched translation
word from the translation database.
[0008] Still, there is a need for a solution that provides means to
enable consolidating data retrieved in different languages which
pertain to a single user, into one single consolidated database
entry.
SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0009] The disclosure may be summarized by referring to the
appended claims.
[0010] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a
method and system for consolidating data relating to a single
entity, derived from different text records stored in different
languages.
[0011] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
method and system for consolidating data relating to a single
entity, derived from different text records stored in different
languages, after identifying the language at which the text records
have been stored.
[0012] Other objects of the invention will become apparent as the
description of the invention proceeds.
[0013] According to a first aspect of the disclosure there is
provided a method for consolidating data retrieved from different
text records each associated with a user, wherein the text records
are stored in different languages in at least one database, and
wherein the data that is being consolidated, pertain to a single
user.
[0014] In accordance with an embodiment, the method comprising:
[0015] extracting a plurality of users' identifications (i.e. a
user's characterizing feature such as a name, nickname, address,
working place and the like) from a plurality of text records and
converting them into a corresponding plurality of speech records by
using a text to speech conversion engine, wherein each of the
plurality of speech records is essentially identical to the
pronunciation of a corresponding user identification in a language
at which the respective text record has been stored (e.g. a digital
representation of the corresponding user identification as
pronounced in that language);
[0016] converting each of the speech records to a respective data
record (e.g. a data code), thereby obtaining a plurality of data
records;
[0017] extracting from the plurality of data records obtained, at
least one group of data records, where each of the at least one
group comprises two or more data records that are essentially
identical to each other. As will be appreciated by those skilled in
the art there could be cases where the user's identification (e.g.
the user's name) may sound a bit different in two different
languages, in which case the data records (codes) will probably be
slightly different from each other, yet sufficiently close to each
other so that they can be 30 associated with the same group of data
records, representing text records associated with a single
user;
[0018] for each of the at least one group, retrieving information
comprised in two or more text records associated with the two or
more data records included in that group, and wherein at least two
of the two or more text records are characterized in that they are
stored in different languages from each other; and
[0019] storing the information retrieved in a consolidated text
record, thereby obtaining a consolidated text record which
comprises information that pertains to one user, wherein the
information has been retrieved from the two or more text
records.
[0020] The term "user" as used herein throughout the specification
and claims should be understood to encompass any relevant entity,
such as companies, people etc.
[0021] The term "text record" as used herein throughout the
specification and claims should be understood to encompass, both
the identification of the respective contact (e.g. the contact
name, the contact nickname, etc.) as well as information associated
with that user which may be used when generating the consolidated
text record. For example, the contact telephone number, the contact
address in various software applications such as Facebook.RTM.,
Skype.RTM., mail, e.g. Gmail.RTM., Yahoo.RTM. etc., residential
address, mailing address, company at which the contact is employed,
work address and the like. The identification of a respective
contact may be also any applicable characterizing feature other
than the contact name or nickname.
[0022] The term "different language" as used herein throughout the
specification and claims should be understood to encompass, two
different native languages as well as a language and a modified
form thereof, for example, a slang version derived from an original
native language.
[0023] In accordance with another embodiment, some of the plurality
of text records are stored at a first database whereas other text
records of the plurality of text records are stored at a second
database, and wherein at least one of the groups of data records
(codes) comprises one data record that is associated with a text
record stored at the first database and at least one other data
record of that group that is associated with a text record stored
at the second database.
[0024] By yet another embodiment, some of the plurality of text
records are stored in a first language whereas others of the
plurality of text records are stored at a second language, and
wherein at least one of the groups of data records comprises one
data record that is associated with a text record stored at the
first language and at least one other data record that is
associated with a text record stored in the second language.
[0025] According to still another embodiment, the method provided
further comprising a step of identifying the language at which at
least one of the plurality of text records has been stored prior to
carrying out the step of extracting the plurality of users'
identifications. Preferably, the step of identifying the language
comprises indentifying a combination of characters comprised in one
or more of the plurality of text records (e.g. a combination which
is unique to a certain language).
[0026] By still another embodiment, the plurality of text records
includes one text record that pertains to a selected user and the
remaining text records comprise at least one other text record that
pertains to the same selected user.
[0027] In accordance with another aspect, there is provided a
system for consolidating data derived from different text records
each associated with a user, wherein the text records have been
stored in different languages in at least one database (i.e. at
least one of the text records is stored in a language that is
different from the language used for storing other text records),
and wherein the data being consolidated pertain to a single user,
the system comprising:
[0028] at least one database adapted to store a plurality of text
records, each of which is associated with a specific user and
comprises an identification thereof,
[0029] one or more processors operative to: [0030] extract a
plurality of users' identifications from a plurality of text
records and convert them into a corresponding plurality of speech
records, wherein each of said plurality of speech records is
essentially identical to the pronunciation of a corresponding user
identification at a language at which its respective text record
has been stored; [0031] convert each of the speech records to a
respective data record (e.g. a data code), thereby obtaining a
plurality of data records; [0032] extract from the plurality of
data records obtained, at least one group of data records, where
each of the at least one group comprises two or more data records
that are essentially identical to each other; [0033] for each of
the at least one group, retrieve information comprised in two or
more text records associated with the two or more data records
included in that group, and wherein at least two of the two or more
text records are stored in different languages from each other; and
[0034] store the information retrieved in a consolidated text
record, thereby obtaining a consolidated text record which
comprises information pertaining to one user, that has been
retrieved from the two or more text records.
[0035] By yet another embodiment, the system further comprising a
user interface to enable a user to select a text record which
pertains to a selected contact and wherein the plurality of text
records includes at least one other text record that pertains to
the same selected user.
[0036] According to another aspect there is provided a
non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more
sequences of instructions which when executed cause one or more
processors to perform:
[0037] extracting a plurality of users' identifications of
different users from a plurality of text records stored at at least
one database and converting them into a corresponding plurality of
speech records, wherein each of the plurality of speech records is
essentially 20 identical to the pronunciation of a corresponding
user identification at a language which its respective text record
has been stored;
[0038] converting each of the speech records to a respective data
record, thereby obtaining a plurality of data records;
[0039] extracting from the plurality of data records obtained, at
least one group of data records, where each of the at least one
group comprises two or more data records that are essentially
identical to each other;
[0040] for each of the at least one group, retrieving information
comprised in two or more text records associated with the two or
more data records included in that group, and wherein at least two
of the two or more text records are stored in different languages
from each other; and
[0041] storing the information retrieved in a consolidated text
record, thereby obtaining a consolidated text record which
comprises information that pertains to one user that has been
retrieved from the two or more text records which have been stored
at at least two different languages.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0042] For a more complete understanding of the present invention,
reference is now made to the following detailed description taken
in conjunction with the accompanying FIG. 1 which describes an
embodiment of the method provided by the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0043] In this disclosure, the term "comprising" is intended to
have an open-ended meaning so that when a first element is stated
as comprising a second element, the first element may also include
one or more other elements that are not necessarily identified or
described herein, or recited in the claims.
[0044] In the following description, for the purposes of
explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to
provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It
should be apparent, however, that the present invention may be
practiced without these specific details.
[0045] For the example illustrated in the flow chart of FIG. 1, let
us assume that there are two databases that contain contact details
of a user. One of the databases comprises a list of contact
names/nicknames and their respective telephone numbers stored as
Chinese text records at the user telephone device, while the other
database comprises a list of text records, each text record
comprising a contact name/nickname and his respective e-mail
address which is written in English and stored at that user's
computer (step 100). Naturally, the lists do not include the same
contacts but there are some contacts that appear in both lists.
[0046] Now, in order to consolidate data that exist in both these
databases so that the user's list of contacts stored at his
telephone device will include the names of the contacts, their
telephone numbers, and where applicable--their respective e-mail
addresses, the following process is carried out.
[0047] Yet, before describing the process, it should be noted that
carrying out a simple merging operation would not be effective in
this example as there is no way of matching names written and
stored in Chinese which appear in the telephone device memory with
the names written and stored in English which appear in the
computer list.
[0048] Therefore, according to the embodiment of the invention,
once the two devices are being synchronized (step 110) (e.g. by an
entity that has an access to both databases such as a software
application which resides at either one of the devices or at remote
server), from the list of text records which is stored at the
telephone database, a plurality of users' identifications (contact
names) is extracted (step 120) and each of these names is then
converted (e.g. by using a text to speech conversion application
that converts Chinese text to Chinese speech) into a corresponding
of speech record, thereby obtaining a plurality of speech records
which are essentially identical to the pronunciation of the
respective contact names as they appear in the user's telephone
list. In other words, each speech record sounds the way its
respective contact name is pronounced in Chinese (step 130).
According to this embodiment the procedure is repeated for the text
records which are stored at the other database, the computer, where
the contact names are extracted and converted into speech records
(this time by using a text to speech conversion application that
converts English text to English speech).
[0049] Each of the speech records is then converted into a
respective data code (step 140), and the data codes are arranged in
groups (step 150), where each group comprises two or more data
codes from among the plurality of data codes obtained, that are
essentially identical to each other. Each data code is in fact a
digital code of the name of the contact that has been derived from
the contact's name as pronounced in the language of the database
from which it was extracted. As each group contains in this example
the digital representation of the contact name as pronounced in
English and a digital representation of the very same contact name
as pronounced in Chinese, therefore each group may be 20 regarded
as being a group whose members are associated with text records in
two different databases that pertain to the same contact.
[0050] However, it should also be noted that there could be cases
where the contact name when converted to speech may sound somewhat
different in two different languages, and consequently the
corresponding data codes will be slightly different from each
other, yet sufficiently close to each other so that they can be
associated with the same group of data codes, which represents a
single user.
[0051] Furthermore, according to another embodiment of the
invention, there is another step that may be involved in the
process by which if the contact identification is a recognized
nickname in the language associated with that identification, the
data codes will not be derived directly by converting the speech
record of that nickname to a data code, but first the nickname will
be replaced with the full name, and the latter will be converted
into its respective data code. For example, if the contact name is
Robert, but the identification in the computer list of this entry
is Bob, according to this embodiment, the name (the text record
identification) Bob will first be replaced with the name Robert,
and the name Robert will then be converted from text to speech.
Obviously, there could be other ways to carry out this embodiment,
for example, this embodiment may be carried out for cases where no
group could have been generated (i.e. there were no two or more
essentially identical data codes). This may prevent the need for
the conversion from Bob to Robert, if the identification of this
contact is "Bob" in both databases, in Chinese and in English.
[0052] For each of the identified groups, information comprised in
the respective text records associated with the data codes included
in that group, is retrieved (step 160), so that in the case
exemplified herein, the telephone number of the contact associated
with a given group will be retrieved from the first database and
the e-mail address of the very same contact will be retrieved from
the second database.
[0053] The retrieved information is then stored at a consolidated
text record (step 170) in any one of the databases (or in another
database), thereby obtaining a consolidated text record which
comprises information that 30 pertains to one user that has been
retrieved from the two or more text records, and includes in this
case the contact name, his telephone number and his e-mail
address.
[0054] In addition, if one of the languages (or even a third
language) is selected to be the language in which the database of
the consolidated text records is managed, certain information data
may need to be translated into the selected language, by using for
example any automatic translation program which is known in the art
per se.
[0055] Although the above example describes a scenario where both
databases are searched in order to generate the consolidated text
records upon synchronizing the two databases, this process can also
be carried out by a manual operation. For example, the owner of the
telephone device may select a contact from among his contact lists
whose e-mail address he wishes to obtain, in addition to the
telephone number which is already stored at his telephone list.
Upon triggering the suitable process according to another
embodiment of the invention, the contact name will be converted
into a digital code as explained above and so will the contacts
included in the second database. However, in this case the result
of the data codes' matching process (i.e. identifying the members
to generate therefrom the appropriate groups) will yield only one
group, the group whose members are associated with the contact
whose e-mail address need to be retrieved. In the alternative, the
identification of a contact may be done by using a characterizing
feature thereof, other than his name or nickname. Such a feature
could be for example defining the name of the company (instead of a
contact's name) with which one or few of the contacts are
associated. Let us assume that the owner of the telephone device
inputs the name "Oracle".RTM. as the identification of the contacts
which he wishes to include in the consolidated text record. In such
a case, the members of the group that will be generated according
to the method provided by the present invention will all be
contacts for which the working place has been defined in the
database as Oracle. According to another example, the owner of the
telephone device inputs a place of residence e.g. "Tel Aviv" as the
identification of the contacts which he wishes to include in the
consolidated text record, so that the members of the group that
will be generated will all be contacts for whom the place of
residence has been defined as being Tel Aviv, and their details
will be gathered in the consolidated text record.
[0056] The present invention has been described using detailed
descriptions of embodiments thereof that are provided by way of
example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in
any way. For example, although the invention has been illustrated
in connection with information derived from a plurality of
different databases, it also applies to one database where some of
the entries are stored in one language while others in a different
language.
[0057] The described embodiments comprise different features, not
all of which are required in all 20 embodiments of the invention.
Some embodiments of the present invention utilize only some of the
features or possible combinations of the features. Variations of
embodiments of the present invention that are described and
embodiments of the present invention comprising different
combinations of features noted in the described embodiments will
occur to persons of the art. The scope of the invention is limited
only by the following claims.
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