Phone Book Access Profile

E745311

Bluetooth profile

Phone Book Access Profile is a Bluetooth profile that enables devices like car kits and headsets to access and manage a mobile phone’s contact list and call history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Phone Book Access Profile canonical	2
Phone Book Access Client	1
Phone Book Access Server	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8610836 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Phone Book Access Profile
Context triple: [PBAP, fullName, Phone Book Access Profile]

A. Public Address Book
Public Address Book is an alternative name for the Domino Directory, IBM Notes/Domino’s central database for storing user, group, and server information used for mail routing and directory services.
B. Contacts app
The Contacts app is a built-in address book application on Apple devices that stores and manages users’ personal and business contact information.
C. The Address Book
The Address Book is a conceptual art project and book by French artist Sophie Calle in which she investigates the life of a stranger solely through the contacts listed in his lost address book, exploring themes of privacy, voyeurism, and identity.
D. Google Contacts
Google Contacts is a contact management service by Google that stores and syncs users’ personal and professional contact information across Google’s apps and devices.
E. Windows Address Book
Windows Address Book is a built-in Windows component that stores and manages contact information for use by email and messaging applications.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Phone Book Access Profile
Target entity description: Phone Book Access Profile is a Bluetooth profile that enables devices like car kits and headsets to access and manage a mobile phone’s contact list and call history.

A. Public Address Book
Public Address Book is an alternative name for the Domino Directory, IBM Notes/Domino’s central database for storing user, group, and server information used for mail routing and directory services.
B. Contacts app
The Contacts app is a built-in address book application on Apple devices that stores and manages users’ personal and business contact information.
C. The Address Book
The Address Book is a conceptual art project and book by French artist Sophie Calle in which she investigates the life of a stranger solely through the contacts listed in his lost address book, exploring themes of privacy, voyeurism, and identity.
D. Google Contacts
Google Contacts is a contact management service by Google that stores and syncs users’ personal and professional contact information across Google’s apps and devices.
E. Windows Address Book
Windows Address Book is a built-in Windows component that stores and manages contact information for use by email and messaging applications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bluetooth profile ⓘ
abbreviation	PBAP ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	PBAP profile ⓘ linked to: PBAP
category	Bluetooth telephony profile ⓘ
clientRoleTypically	car kit ⓘ
definedBy	Bluetooth Special Interest Group ⓘ
enables	remote access to a mobile phone’s call history ⓘ remote access to a mobile phone’s phone book ⓘ
operatesOver	Bluetooth wireless technology ⓘ linked to: Bluetooth
purpose	to provide access to a phone’s contacts and call history over Bluetooth ⓘ
relatedTo	Hands-Free Profile ⓘ linked to: HFP Object Push Profile ⓘ
requires	pairing between client and server devices ⓘ
roleDefines	Phone Book Access Client ⓘ linked to: Phone Book Access Profile Phone Book Access Server ⓘ linked to: Phone Book Access Profile
securityConcern	exposure of call history ⓘ exposure of contact information ⓘ
serverRoleTypically	mobile phone ⓘ
standardizedIn	Bluetooth Core Specification add-on profiles ⓘ linked to: Bluetooth Core Specification addendum
supportsFeature	caller ID name resolution from phone book ⓘ contact name display for incoming calls ⓘ contact name display for outgoing calls ⓘ incremental phone book updates ⓘ partial phone book download ⓘ phone book synchronization ⓘ
supportsFunction	accessing incoming call history ⓘ accessing missed call history ⓘ accessing outgoing call history ⓘ browsing phone book folders ⓘ displaying phone book entries on a remote device ⓘ initiating calls from a remote device using phone book entries ⓘ reading call history from a phone ⓘ reading contacts from a phone ⓘ searching contacts on a remote device ⓘ
transports	vCard data ⓘ
typicalUseCase	car accessing driver’s phone contacts ⓘ hands-free device displaying recent calls ⓘ
usedBy	Bluetooth headsets ⓘ car kits ⓘ feature phones ⓘ hands-free systems ⓘ infotainment systems ⓘ navigation devices ⓘ smartphones ⓘ
usesDataFormat	vCard ⓘ
usesTransportProtocol	Bluetooth L2CAP ⓘ OBEX ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PBAP → fullName → Phone Book Access Profile ⓘ

PBAP → abbreviationOf → Phone Book Access Profile ⓘ

Phone Book Access Profile → roleDefines → Phone Book Access Client ⓘ

linked to: Phone Book Access Profile

Phone Book Access Profile → roleDefines → Phone Book Access Server ⓘ