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1. A method for enabling management of contacts, the method comprising:
- passively recognizing that a plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member;
identifying, to the member, the plurality of contacts that has been passively recognized as a plurality of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member;
based on passively recognizing that the plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member, generating a contacts list that includes the plurality of contacts and that is useful in addressing future communications to the plurality of contacts as a group;
enabling the member to associate a name with the contacts list; and
enabling the member to address future communications to the plurality of contacts, as a group, through use of the name associated by the member with the contacts list.
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Enabling management of contacts includes passively recognizing a set of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member, bringing the member'"'"'s attention to the recognized set of contacts, enabling the member to name the set of contacts, and enabling the member to address future communications to the set of contacts through use of the name associated by the member with the set of contacts.
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1. A method for enabling management of contacts, the method comprising:
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passively recognizing that a plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member; identifying, to the member, the plurality of contacts that has been passively recognized as a plurality of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member; based on passively recognizing that the plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member, generating a contacts list that includes the plurality of contacts and that is useful in addressing future communications to the plurality of contacts as a group; enabling the member to associate a name with the contacts list; and enabling the member to address future communications to the plurality of contacts, as a group, through use of the name associated by the member with the contacts list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a machine result in at least the following:
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passively recognizing that a plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member; identifying, to the member, the plurality of contacts that has been passively recognized as a plurality of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member; based on passively recognizing that the plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member, generating a contacts list that includes the plurality of contacts and that is useful in addressing future communications to the plurality of contacts as a group; enabling the member to associate a name with the contacts list; and enabling the member to address future communications to the plurality of contacts, as a group, through use of the name associated by the member with the contacts list.
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20. A system for enabling management of contacts comprising:
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means for passively recognizing that a plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member; means for identifying, to the member, the plurality of contacts that has been passively recognized as a plurality of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member; means for generating a contacts list that includes the plurality of contacts based on passively recognizing that the plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member, the contacts list being useful in addressing future communications to the plurality of contacts as a group; means for enabling the member to associate a name with the contacts list; and
means for enabling the member to address future communications to the plurality of contacts, as a group, through use of the name associated by the member with the contacts list.
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21. A method for enabling management of contacts, the method comprising:
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passively recognizing that a plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member; identifying, to the member, the plurality of contacts that has been passively recognized as a plurality of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member; based on passively recognizing that the plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by the member, generating a contacts list that includes the plurality of contacts and that is useful in addressing future communications to the plurality of contacts as a group, wherein the contacts list includes identifiers corresponding to the contacts; enabling the member to associate a name with the contacts list; enabling the member to address future communications to the plurality of contacts, as a group, through use of the name associated by the member with the contacts list; and enabling the member to share a copy of the contacts list with an additional user through use of the name associated with the contacts list. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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