Recent contacts and items
First Claim
1. A method for displaying recent items, comprising:
- determining a recent item based on an access to the item;
associating the recent item with a contact maintained in a contact list when the item has an associated contact;
placing the recent item in a recent items list that includes all recently accessed items;
generating the recent items list such that the recent item is only shown once within the recent items list; and
displaying the recent items list.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system of displaying items that gives the user the ability to easily access recently accessed items. The recent items list includes both incoming and outgoing correspondences that are attempted to be matched to the corresponding contact stored in the device. The user can access the recent contact list and reply using any communication method available. For instance, the user could reply by phone, email, send an instant messenger message, send an SMS message, and the like. The recent items list may also include items such as communications, contacts, folder, files, messages, applications, and the like. A coalesced list of the recently used items is shown so that an item is only shown once in the recent list. Any matched item in the recent list may also be shown in the alphabetical list that appears below the recent list.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for displaying recent items, comprising:
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determining a recent item based on an access to the item;
associating the recent item with a contact maintained in a contact list when the item has an associated contact;
placing the recent item in a recent items list that includes all recently accessed items;
generating the recent items list such that the recent item is only shown once within the recent items list; and
displaying the recent items list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for displaying recent items, comprising:
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a communications connection configured to receive a communication;
a display configured to display a recent items list; and
a recent items application configured to perform actions, including;
determining a recent item;
associating the recent item with a contact maintained in a contact list when recent item is based on the communication;
placing the recent item in the recent items list that includes all recently accessed items;
generating the recent items list such that the recent item is only shown once within the recent items list; and
displaying the recent items list on the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable medium for displaying recent items, comprising:
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determining a recent item based on an access to an item;
attempting to associate the recent item with a contact maintained in a contact list;
placing the recent item in a recent items list that includes all recently accessed items;
generating the recent items list such that the recent item is only shown once within the recent contact list; and
displaying the recent contact list. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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