PRE-POPULATED AND ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED GROUPS IN CONTACTS LISTS
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1. A method to be executed at least in part in a computing device for managing contacts list information in a multimodal communication system, the method comprising:
- determining an attribute of a subscriber;
receiving contact information associated with the subscriber from a plurality of sources;
receiving administrator defined contacts for the subscriber;
pre-populating a contacts list for the subscriber based on the received contact information and the administrator defined contacts; and
presenting the pre-populated contacts list to the subscriber.
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Abstract
A contacts list for a subscriber is pre-populated based on information received from various data stores, data mining of applications associated with the subscriber, and administrator defined contacts. The list may be further maintained dynamically based on changes to contact information and/or subscriber attributes.
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1. A method to be executed at least in part in a computing device for managing contacts list information in a multimodal communication system, the method comprising:
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determining an attribute of a subscriber; receiving contact information associated with the subscriber from a plurality of sources; receiving administrator defined contacts for the subscriber; pre-populating a contacts list for the subscriber based on the received contact information and the administrator defined contacts; and presenting the pre-populated contacts list to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A communication system for managing contacts list information in a multimodal communication system, the system comprising:
a first server configured to; determine an attribute of a subscriber; determine a plurality of contact information sources associated with the subscriber based on the attribute; receive contact information associated with the subscriber from the plurality of sources; derive entries for a contacts list for the subscriber based on the received contact information; receive administrator defined contacts for the subscriber; pre-populate the contacts list for the subscriber based on the derived entries and the administrator defined contacts; and render the pre-populated contacts list available to a client application of the subscriber for use in multimodal communications. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon for managing contacts list information in a communication system, the instructions comprising:
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determining a plurality of contact information sources associated with a subscriber based on at least one from a set of;
a location, an organizational position, a permission level, a relationship within an organization, a preference, and a communication pattern of the subscriber;receiving contact information associated with the subscriber from the plurality of sources comprising at least one from a set of;
an organizational directory server, a personal directory server, a custom directory server, and a communication server;deriving entries for a contacts list for the subscriber by analyzing, categorizing, and customizing the received contact information; receiving administrator defined contacts for the subscriber, wherein the administrator defined contacts are customized based on the subscriber'"'"'s location, organizational position, and permission level; and pre-populating the contacts list for the subscriber based on the derived entries and the administrator defined contacts upon one of;
activation of the subscriber'"'"'s subscription and a request by the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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