SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING PREFERRED CONTACTS FOR A CENTRAL USER OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20120271822A1
• Filed: 04/25/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Schwendimann, Lauren E., Chen, Johnny C., Chou, Alan J., Fortin, Nathan J.
• Application Number:
  US13/093,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20120271822A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

A system is implemented on a mobile communication device for establishing preferred contacts for a central user of the mobile communication device. The system comprises a data collection device that captures the central user'"'"'s interaction with other users on a network according to frequency during situational factors; and a query apparatus that inquires, for current situational factors, which contacts are preferred that the central user will communicate with based on central user'"'"'s past interactions during same situational factors that correspond only to the central user. A list is provided to the central user of one or more of the preferred contacts that the central user selects from; and an application launcher is communicatively coupled to the list for display of the list of preferred contacts that are also functionally related to the application launcher.

Claims

1. A system implemented on a mobile communication device for establishing preferred contacts for a central user of the mobile communication device, comprising:

a data collection device that captures the central user'"'"'s interaction with other users on a network according to frequency during situational factors;

a query apparatus that inquires, for current situational factors, which contacts are preferred that the central user will communicate with based on central user'"'"'s past interactions during same situational factors that correspond only to the central user;

a list provided to the central user of one or more of the preferred contacts that the central user selects from; and

an application launcher that is communicatively coupled to the list for display of the list of preferred contacts that are also functionally related to the application launcher.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the situational factors include time of day, day of week, geographical location, seasonal period, an electronic calendar of the central user, and electronic devices in proximity to the central user'"'"'s mobile communication device.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the application launcher determines which application that the central user has launched, said application includes one or more short messaging systems, email systems, calling systems, social-networking messaging systems, instant messaging systems, and multi-media systems.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the situational factors degrade and the displayed preferred contacts dynamically change to a different display of preferred contacts.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the list of preferred contacts that are also functionally related to the application launcher are determined according to frequency of communication contact within an application launched by the application launcher.

6. A method for determining a most likely set of contacts for a central user of a mobile communication device at one particular moment in time, comprising the steps of:

inquiring what kind of preferred contact the central user is attempting to reach via the central user launching a mobile communication application;

retrieving rules that correspond to the launched mobile communication application and that are based on central user'"'"'s past interactions during same situational factors that correspond only to the central user;

calculating a rule point total and comparing the rule point total to a predetermined threshold;

determining those rules that meet or exceed the threshold; and

displaying the set of preferred contacts to the central user on the mobile communication device.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the situational factors include time of day, day of week, geographical location, seasonal period, an electronic calendar of the central user, and electronic devices in proximity to the central user'"'"'s mobile communication device.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the launched mobile communication application includes one or more short messaging systems, email systems, calling systems, social-networking messaging systems, instant messaging systems, multi-media systems.

9. The method according to claim 6, where the situational factors degrade and the displayed preferred contacts dynamically change.

10. A non-transitory machine readable storage device, having stored thereon a computer program that include a plurality of code sections comprising:

code for inquiring what kind of preferred contact the central user is attempting to reach via the central user launching a mobile communication application;

code for retrieving rules that correspond to the launched mobile communication application and that are based on central user'"'"'s past interactions during same situational factors that correspond only to the central user;

code for calculating a rule point total and comparing the rule point total to a predetermined threshold;

code for determining those rules that meet or exceed the threshold; and

code for displaying the set of preferred contacts to the central user on the mobile communication device.

11. The non-transitory machine readable storage device according to claim 10, wherein the situational factors include time of day, day of week, geographical location, seasonal period, an electronic calendar of the central user, and electronic devices in proximity to the central user'"'"'s mobile communication device.

12. The non-transitory machine readable storage device according to claim 10, wherein the launched mobile communication application includes one or more short messaging systems, email systems, calling systems, social-networking messaging systems, instant messaging systems, multi-media systems.

13. The non-transitory machine readable storage device according to claim 10, where the situational factors degrade and the displayed preferred contacts dynamically change.