PRESENTING FAVORITE CONTACTS INFORMATION TO A USER OF A COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20120331418A1
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Xobni Incorporated
• Inventors: Bonforte, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 10,078,819 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Systems and methods to present information to a user regarding favorite contacts of the user. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing a plurality of person profiles for persons referenced in communications received by a user of a computing device; selecting, using at least one processor, a set of contacts from the plurality of person profiles based on a relevancy ranking, wherein the set of contacts is selected for display to the user on the computing device; and organizing, using the at least one processor, the set of contacts into at least two time groups, each time group associated with a different time period, wherein contacts will be displayed to the user within each time group based on a relevancy ranking for each contact within the time group.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing a plurality of person profiles for persons referenced in communications received by a user of a mobile device;

selecting, using at least one processor, a set of contacts from the plurality of person profiles based on a relevancy ranking, wherein the set of contacts is selected for display to the user on the mobile device; and

organizing, using the at least one processor, the set of contacts into at least two time groups, each time group associated with a different time period, wherein contacts will be displayed to the user within each time group based on a relevancy ranking for each contact within the time group.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a server includes the at least one processor, and the method further comprising sending the set of contacts to the mobile device for display.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing data associated with prior activities of the user on the mobile device, and wherein the selecting the set of contacts is further based on the stored data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device includes the at least one processor, and the method further comprising presenting, using a display of the mobile device, the set of contacts to the user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the presenting comprises displaying the contacts for each time group in a respective horizontal row for viewing by the user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one processor is configured to permit the user to scroll the contacts in the respective horizontal row for each time group in a left or right direction using a touch screen interface of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving a predefined user interface action from the user to select a contact from the set of contacts, and in response to the action, presenting to the user on the display a list of contacts most closely-associated with the selected contact.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the list of contacts is selected from the plurality of person profiles.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the most closely-associated contacts are determined using relevancy rankings of the plurality of person profiles.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed, cause a computing apparatus to:

store a plurality of person profiles for persons referenced in communications received by a user of a mobile device;

select, using at least one processor, a set of contacts from the plurality of person profiles based on a relevancy ranking, wherein the set of contacts is selected for display to the user on the mobile device; and

organize, using the at least one processor, the set of contacts into at least two time groups, each time group associated with a different time period, wherein contacts will be displayed to the user within each time group based on a relevancy ranking for each contact within the time group.

11. The storage medium of claim 10, wherein a server includes the at least one processor, and the instructions further cause the computing apparatus to send the set of contacts to the mobile device for display.

12. The storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions further cause the computing apparatus to store data associated with prior activities of the user on the mobile device, and wherein the selecting the set of contacts is further based on the stored data.

13. A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processor to;

store a plurality of person profiles for persons referenced in communications received by a user of a mobile device;

select a set of contacts from the plurality of person profiles based on a relevancy ranking, wherein the set of contacts is selected for display to the user on the mobile device; and

organize the set of contacts into at least two time groups, each time group associated with a different time period, wherein contacts will be displayed to the user within each time group based on a relevancy ranking for each contact within the time group.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the system further comprises a display, and wherein the instructions are further configured to instruct the at least one processor to present, using the display, the set of contacts to the user.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the presenting comprises displaying the contacts for each time group in a respective horizontal row for viewing by the user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further configured to instruct the at least one processor to permit the user to scroll the contacts in the respective horizontal row for each time group in a left or right direction using a touch screen interface.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further configured to instruct the at least one processor to receive a predefined user interface action from the user to select a contact from the set of contacts, and in response to the action, present to the user on the display a list of contacts most closely-associated with the selected contact.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the list of contacts is selected from the plurality of person profiles.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the most closely-associated contacts are determined using relevancy rankings of the plurality of person profiles.

20. The system of claim 13, further comprising a database storing the plurality of person profiles.