METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING STATUS OF A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS IN AN ADDRESS BOOK AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of simultaneously displaying status of a plurality of contacts in an address book of a communication device comprising:
- accessing an address book;
editing a plurality of accounts of a plurality of internet communication software of the contacts in the address book;
connecting to the network;
acquiring an online status of the accounts; and
displaying images representing the contacts in the address book and displaying a plurality of status icons corresponding to the accounts of the plurality of internet communication software on the images based on the online status so as to display the online status of the plurality of accounts of the contacts.
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Abstract
A method of simultaneously displaying status of a plurality of contacts in an address book of a communication device includes accessing the address book, editing a plurality of accounts of a plurality of internet communication software of the contacts in the address book interface, connecting to the network, acquiring an online status of the accounts, and displaying images representing the contacts in the address book and displaying a plurality of status icons corresponding to the accounts of the plurality of internet communication software of the contacts so as to display the online status of the accounts of the contacts.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of simultaneously displaying status of a plurality of contacts in an address book of a communication device comprising:
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accessing an address book; editing a plurality of accounts of a plurality of internet communication software of the contacts in the address book; connecting to the network; acquiring an online status of the accounts; and displaying images representing the contacts in the address book and displaying a plurality of status icons corresponding to the accounts of the plurality of internet communication software on the images based on the online status so as to display the online status of the plurality of accounts of the contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A communication device comprising:
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a memory module for storing a plurality of internet communication software and for storing a program of an address book, the address book comprising images representing a contact and a plurality of status icons corresponding to accounts of the plurality of internet communication software of contacts so as to display an online status of the accounts of the contacts; an internet communication module for connecting to a plurality of servers of the plurality of internet communication software; a display module for displaying the address book; an inputting module for inputting an editing command so as to edit the address book; and a control unit for controlling the internet communication software to connect to the plurality of servers of the plurality of internet communication software and for controlling the display module to simultaneously display the images corresponding to the contacts and the plurality of status icons in the address book. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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