wraggster
May 2nd, 2012, 00:23
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/05/applepatent-1335878248.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/apple-contact-updating-patent/)So, you've changed your phone number (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/10/google-voice-lets-you-change-your-digits-keep-the-old-ones-for/) to escape that stalker (look, we're sorry, we just wanted to sell you a pyramid scheme), but how do you let all 104 of your remaining friends know without manually texting 'em? The answer lies in Apple's newly granted patent (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/27/apple-patent-ejectable-sim-card-tray-nano-sim-war/), which aims to end the tedium by having your device recognize when your number switches and automatically send an updated contact entry to everyone in your address book (http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/iphone-address-book-issue-prompts-response-apple-access-to-cont/). Of course, there's nothing in the claims to say it's discriminatory, so now we've got your number again -- have you changed your mind about that pyramid scheme?
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/apple-contact-updating-patent/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/apple-contact-updating-patent/