Method and system for establishing an application contact list
First Claim
1. A method of establishing an application contact list on a client station, wherein the client station includes a master contact list including a plurality of contact entries for a user of the client station, the method comprising:
- identifying a service associated with a network application to which the user of the client station subscribes;
identifying a network user who subscribes to the service associated with the network application;
determining if a contact entry in the master contact list corresponds to the network user;
if so, sending a message to the client station instructing the client station to mark the contact entry in the master list with an identifier, wherein the identifier identifies the contact entry as a contact entry that is associated with the network application, and storing the identifier.
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Abstract
A method and system for establishing an application contact list is provided. A user will establish a master contact list on a client station. In response to execution of an application using a contact entry from the master contact list, the client station will then designate the contact entry as a member that is associated with the executed application. In this manner, the client station will mark contacts based on the applications that used the contacts. In addition, the client station generates application contact lists by filtering the master contact list to identify contact entries that are associated with an initiated or executed application. The client station then generates an application contact list including the contact entries that are associated with the application. The user may then select a contact entry from the application contact list for use in execution of the application.
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5 Claims
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1. A method of establishing an application contact list on a client station, wherein the client station includes a master contact list including a plurality of contact entries for a user of the client station, the method comprising:
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identifying a service associated with a network application to which the user of the client station subscribes; identifying a network user who subscribes to the service associated with the network application; determining if a contact entry in the master contact list corresponds to the network user; if so, sending a message to the client station instructing the client station to mark the contact entry in the master list with an identifier, wherein the identifier identifies the contact entry as a contact entry that is associated with the network application, and storing the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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