MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS UTILIZING COMMUNICATION CATEGORIES
First Claim
1. A system for managing communications comprising:
- a data store for maintaining information regarding communication categories and communication activities corresponding to telecommunication devices;
a communication management component, implemented by executing instructions on a processor associated with a telecommunication device, the communication management component operative to;
identify a subset of contacts associated with a user of a telecommunication device, wherein the subset of user contacts includes a portion of contacts accessible by the telecommunication device;
determine first and second communication categories for the at least subset of contacts, wherein the first and second communication categories are associated with a set of communication activities, wherein the set of communication activities associated with the first communication category and the set of communication activities associated with the second communication category have at least one communication activity in common, and wherein the first and second communication categories do not correspond to a communication activity;
obtain a selection of a contact corresponding to the subset of contacts;
cause the generation of a display on the telecommunication device, the display including a representation of the first and second communication categories;
obtain a selection of at least one of the first and second communication category;
cause the generation of a display on the telecommunication device, the display including a representation at least one of the set of communication activities associated with the selected communication category;
obtain a selection of a communication activity; and
cause the initiation of the selected communication activity on the telecommunication device.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for managing communications on telecommunication devices utilizing communication categories are provided. A subset of contacts accessible by a telecommunication device are associated with one or more communication categories. Each communication category can be associated with a set of communication activities. Based on a selection of a specific contact, a telecommunication device can generate a display having display objects representative of communication categories associated with the selected contact. Additionally, based on a selection of a communication category, the telecommunication device can further generate a display including display objects representative of a set of communication activities corresponding to the selected communication category.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for managing communications comprising:
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a data store for maintaining information regarding communication categories and communication activities corresponding to telecommunication devices; a communication management component, implemented by executing instructions on a processor associated with a telecommunication device, the communication management component operative to; identify a subset of contacts associated with a user of a telecommunication device, wherein the subset of user contacts includes a portion of contacts accessible by the telecommunication device; determine first and second communication categories for the at least subset of contacts, wherein the first and second communication categories are associated with a set of communication activities, wherein the set of communication activities associated with the first communication category and the set of communication activities associated with the second communication category have at least one communication activity in common, and wherein the first and second communication categories do not correspond to a communication activity; obtain a selection of a contact corresponding to the subset of contacts; cause the generation of a display on the telecommunication device, the display including a representation of the first and second communication categories; obtain a selection of at least one of the first and second communication category; cause the generation of a display on the telecommunication device, the display including a representation at least one of the set of communication activities associated with the selected communication category; obtain a selection of a communication activity; and cause the initiation of the selected communication activity on the telecommunication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining a selection of a subset of contacts associated with a user of a telecommunication device, wherein the subset of user contacts includes a portion of contacts accessible by the telecommunication device; determining one or more communication categories for the at least subset of contacts, wherein the one or more communication categories are associated with a set of communication activities and wherein the one or more communication categories do not correspond to a communication activity; obtaining a selection of a contact corresponding to the subset of contacts; causing the generation of a first display on the telecommunication device, the display including a representation of the one or more communication categories; obtaining a selection of a communication category represented in the display; causing the generation of a second display on the telecommunication device, the display including a representation at least a portion of the set of communication activities associated with the selected communication category; obtaining a selection of a communication activity represented in the second display; and causing the initiation of the selected communication activity on the telecommunication device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a data store for maintaining information regarding communication categories and communication activities corresponding to telecommunication devices; a communication management component, implemented by executing instructions on a processor, the communication management component operative to; identify a subset of contacts associated with a user of a telecommunication device, wherein the subset of user contacts includes a portion of contacts accessible by the telecommunication device; determine one or more communication categories for the at least subset of contacts, wherein the one or more communication categories are associated with a set of communication activities and wherein the one or more communication categories do not correspond to a communication activity; and associate the one or more communication categories associated for the at least subset of contacts in the data store. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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