MANAGING CONTACT GROUPS FROM SUBSET OF USER CONTACTS

• US 20100287504A1
• Filed: 03/27/2009
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Armantrout, Jeffrey Allen, Benson, Jared, Vance, Michael Steffen, Robertson, Christian, White, Gabriel J., Shah, Shilpa R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,195,966 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/811
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for managing a subset of user contacts on a telecommunications device are provided. In one embodiment, a software application executed by a processor of a telecommunications device determines at least two contact groups from a subset of contacts accessible by a telecommunications device. The software application executed by the processor of the telecommunications device also generates a contact display including at least one contact group associated with the subset of contacts based on a current context of a user of the telecommunications device. The current context can include, for example, one or more of a location, time, date, and the like.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having a computer-executable component for displaying user contacts on a display of a telecommunications device, the computer-executable component comprising:

a contact management component operative to;

identify a subset of contacts associated with a user of the telecommunications device, wherein the subset of user contacts includes a portion of contacts accessible by the telecommunications device and wherein the subset of contacts includes a plurality of contacts;

determine at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts, wherein each of the at least two contact groups are determined based on a context of the user of the telecommunications device and a plurality of user communication events associated with the user context; and

cause the generation of a contact display on the telecommunications device, wherein the contact display includes a representation of a first contact group from the at least two contact groups and a first contact group identifier and wherein the first contact group for display on the telecommunications device is determined based on a current context of the user of the telecommunications device.

2. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the subset of contacts are selected at least in part by the user of the telecommunications device.

3. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the contact management component predetermines each of the at least two contact groups.

4. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the contact management component dynamically determines each of the at least two contact groups.

5. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the context of the user of the telecommunications device includes at least one of date, time, and location.

6. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the current context of the user of the telecommunications device includes at least one of date, time, and location.

7. The computer-readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein determining the first contact group for display on the telecommunications device based on a current context of the user of the telecommunications device includes comparing the current context with the telecommunications device user context associated with each of the at least two contact groups.

8. A method comprising:

identifying a subset of contacts associated with a user of the telecommunications device, wherein the subset of user contacts includes a portion of contacts accessible by the telecommunications device and wherein the subset of contacts includes a plurality of contacts;

determining at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts; and

causing the generation of a contact display on the telecommunications device, wherein the contact display includes a representation of a first contact group from the at least two contact groups and wherein the first contact group for display on the telecommunications device is determined based on a current context of the user of the telecommunications device;

wherein the method is implemented by a computing system.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the subset of contacts are selected at least in part by the user of the telecommunications device.

10. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein each of the at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts are determined based on selection by the user of the telecommunications device.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 further comprising:

associating a context with each group of the at least two contact groups.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the context includes at least one of date, time, and location.

13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the context associated with each contact group is a user-determined context.

14. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein determining the first contact group for display on the telecommunications device based on a current context of the user of the telecommunications device comprises comparing the current context with the context associated with each of the at least two groups.

15. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein each of the at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts are determined based on a context of at least one of the user of the telecommunications device and one or more contacts from the subset of contacts.

16. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein each of the at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts are determined based on a context of the user of the telecommunications device and a plurality of user communication events associated with the user context.

17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein determining at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts based on a context of the user and a plurality of user communication events includes determining the at least two contact groups prior to determining the current context of the user of the telecommunications device.

18. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein determining at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts based on a context of the user and a plurality of user communication events includes determining the at least two contact groups dynamically upon obtaining the current context of the user of the telecommunications device.

19. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the context of the user of the telecommunications includes at least one of date, time, and location.

20. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein determining the first contact group for display on the telecommunications device based on a current context of the user of the telecommunications device comprises comparing the current context with the telecommunications device user context associated with each of the at least two contact groups.

21. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the current context of the user of the telecommunications includes at least one of date, time, and location.

22. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the contact display further includes a representation of an identifier associated with the first contact group.

23. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the first contact group for display on the respective telecommunications device is further determined based on a priority associated with at least one of the at least two contact groups.

24. A system comprising:

a data store for maintaining subsets of user contacts, wherein each subset of user contacts is associated with a user of a telecommunications device and wherein each subset of user contacts includes a portion of contacts accessible by the respective telecommunications device;

a contact management component, implemented by executing instructions on a processor associated with a telecommunications device, the contact management component operative, for each subset of contacts, to;

determine at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts;

associate the at least two contact groups with the subset of contacts in the data store;

determine a current context of a user of the respective telecommunications device; and

cause the generation of a contact display on the respective telecommunications device, wherein the contact display includes a representation of a first contact group from the at least two contact groups and wherein the first contact group for display on the respective telecommunications device is determined based on the current context of the user of the telecommunications device.

25. The system as recited in claim 24, wherein each of the at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts are determined based on selection by the user of the respective telecommunications device.

26. The system as recited in claim 24, wherein the contact management component is further operative, for each subset of contacts, to:

obtain a context associated with each contact group of the at least two contact groups; and

store the context associated with each contact group in the data store.

27. The system as recited in claim 26, wherein the context includes at least one of date, time, and location.

28. The system as recited in claim 26, wherein determining the first contact group for display on the telecommunications device based on a current context of the user of the respective telecommunications device comprises comparing the current context with the context associated with each of the at least two contact groups.

29. The system as recited in claim 24, wherein each of the at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts are determined based on a context of the user of the respective telecommunications device and a plurality of user communication events associated with the user context.

30. The system as recited in claim 29, wherein determining at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts based on a context of the user and a plurality of user communication events includes determining the at least two contact groups prior to determining the current context of the user of the telecommunications device.

31. The system as recited in claim 29, wherein determining at least two contact groups from the subset of contacts based on a context of the user and a plurality of user communication events includes determining the at least two contact groups dynamically upon obtaining the current context of the user of the telecommunications device.

32. The system as recited in claim 29, wherein the context of the user of the telecommunications includes at least one of date, time, and location.

33. The system as recited in claim 29, wherein determining the first contact group for display on the telecommunications device based on a current context of the user of the respective telecommunications device comprises comparing the current context with the context associated with each of the at least two contact groups.

34. The system as recited in claim 24, wherein the current context of the user of the telecommunications includes at least one of date, time, and location.

35. The system as recited in claim 24, wherein the contact display further includes a representation of an identifier associated with the first contact group.

36. The system as recited in claim 24, wherein the first contact group for display on the respective telecommunications device is further determined based on a priority associated with at least one of the at least two contact groups.