According to some embodiments, a method performed by a software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) controller communicably coupled to a voice gateway comprises determining a user profile from one or more stored user profiles is to be associated with an analog telephone and transmitting the user profile to the voice gateway. In particular embodiments, the SD-WAN controller may receive a request to associate the analog telephone with a user from the voice gateway.

A method and apparatus for controlling display of data on a screen of a portable electronic device. The method includes launching an application that includes at least one field for receiving data and at least one field label for identifying the at least one field, entering data into the at least one field and removing the at least one field label from the screen when data is entered into the at least one field.

A method and apparatus for controlling display of data on a screen of a portable electronic device. The method includes launching an application that includes at least one field for receiving data and at least one field label for identifying the at least one field, entering data into the at least one field and removing the at least one field label from the screen when data is entered into the at least one field.

A call identification system for verifying telephone calls, the system including a processor in communication with a calling device and a user device. The processor transmits a whitelist to the user device. The whitelist comprises telephone numbers having a label. The processor receives an identification attribute associated a call to the user device. The call is delayed until the calling device receives an acknowledgment from the user device. The processor compares the calling telephone number with each telephone number and generates a notification in response to a match. The processor transmits the notification to the user device, causing the user device to change the label associated with the calling telephone number. The processor receives an acknowledgment from the user device of the label changing and transmits the acknowledgment to the calling device, causing the calling device to launch the call to the user device.

A contact management system in which a user can select a related group of contract information and, in a single user action, share the contact information to another user device such that the data relating to each of the contacts assigned to the group is automatically updated in the receiving device. In addition, the contact management system enables the creation, display, and sharing of hierarchical relationships between contacts in the data set such that a user can easily communicate and view those relationships for a group of related contacts.

A contact management system in which a user can select a related group of contract information and, in a single user action, share the contact information to another user device such that the data relating to each of the contacts assigned to the group is automatically updated in the receiving device. In addition, the contact management system enables the creation, display, and sharing of hierarchical relationships between contacts in the data set such that a user can easily communicate and view those relationships for a group of related contacts.

Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus that includes interface circuitry and processing circuit. The interface circuitry is configured to receive contact information provided by a terminal device for a contact entry in the terminal device. The contact information includes at least one communication attribute parameter for representing an attribute of the contact entry for communication, and the communication attribute parameter includes one or more parameter characteristics. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the contact information of the contact entry is abnormal with one or more abnormal parameter characteristics, generate, when the contact information of the contact entry is determined to be abnormal, a new filtering rule for filtering contact entries according to the one or more abnormal parameter characteristics, and add the filtering rule to a rule base to obtain an updated rule base.

The Internet is becoming an essential part of our lives. This trend is even stronger with the rise of cell phones having Internet access that almost the entire population carries with them at all times. Security is a huge problem on the Internet, however, and new authentication methods are needed specifically for cell phones. Presented here is a method of identifying a mobile electronic device by its configuration settings, potentially including contact list information. This invention, in particular, fills a crucial need to secure access to the Internet from mobile phones.

An aircraft computing device providing image information from an aircraft to a party of a terrestrial communication network. The aircraft computing device comprises a processor unit and a storage unit storing program code which, when executed by the processor unit, configures the computing device to receive a sequence of pictures acquired by a camera of the aircraft, output the received pictures towards a user of the aircraft, receive user input, the user input indicating a selection by the user of at least one picture from the sequence of pictures and a party of a terrestrial communication network, and output the at least one picture selected by the user for transmission towards the party of the terrestrial communication network. Further described are a system, an aircraft, a method, a computer program product, and a storage medium.

An aircraft computing device providing image information from an aircraft to a party of a terrestrial communication network. The aircraft computing device comprises a processor unit and a storage unit storing program code which, when executed by the processor unit, configures the computing device to receive a sequence of pictures acquired by a camera of the aircraft, output the received pictures towards a user of the aircraft, receive user input, the user input indicating a selection by the user of at least one picture from the sequence of pictures and a party of a terrestrial communication network, and output the at least one picture selected by the user for transmission towards the party of the terrestrial communication network. Further described are a system, an aircraft, a method, a computer program product, and a storage medium.