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  • Searching and ranking contacts in contact database
    Patent number: 8234272
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method may include receiving a request from a first mobile device for a search for contacts meeting a criterion; searching a database of contacts for the contacts meeting the criterion and including the contacts meeting the criterion in search results; determining whether a second mobile device associated with one of the contacts meeting the criterion is within a vicinity of the first mobile device; and ranking the search results based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Martin Kretz, Rudolf George Tom Gajdos
  • Automatic detection of personal networks
    Patent number: 8165605
    Abstract: A method may include receiving information about a geographic position of each of a plurality of mobile terminals for a particular time. The method may further include determining a relationship between two of the mobile terminals based on the geographic position and the particular time and automatically suggesting, based on the relationship, an information exchange of contact information between the two mobile terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Mans Folke Markus Andreasson