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1. A communication device comprising:
- a display;
a memory to store a contact list of parties and associated numbers, wherein the party and associated numbers are linked within the memory to In Case of Emergency (ICE) contact designations for multiple users, and wherein the ICE contact designations include linking information to associate each of the ICE contact designations with a particular phone number of one of the multiple users; and
a processor to;
control the display to display one of the ICE designations with the name of the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations, when the communication device receives a user selection of a contact list feature to display a portion of the contact list including the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations and when the particular phone number matches a phone number for the communication device;
control the display to display the one of the ICE designations without the name of the at least one party linked to the one ICE designations, when the communication device receives a user selection of a contact list feature to display a portion of the contact list including the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations and when the particular phone number does not match the phone number for the communication device; and
control the display to display the name of the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations, without displaying the one of the ICE designations, in response to the communication device receiving a call from the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations.
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Abstract
A device is provided that may receive names and associated phone numbers in a contact list, and receive information to link the caller names in the contact list to an emergency contact. The device may also receive a call from a caller linked to the emergency contact and not display emergency related information. The device may also transfer the contact list to another device, wherein the emergency contact linking information remains in the transferred contact list.
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18 Claims
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1. A communication device comprising:
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a display; a memory to store a contact list of parties and associated numbers, wherein the party and associated numbers are linked within the memory to In Case of Emergency (ICE) contact designations for multiple users, and wherein the ICE contact designations include linking information to associate each of the ICE contact designations with a particular phone number of one of the multiple users; and a processor to; control the display to display one of the ICE designations with the name of the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations, when the communication device receives a user selection of a contact list feature to display a portion of the contact list including the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations and when the particular phone number matches a phone number for the communication device; control the display to display the one of the ICE designations without the name of the at least one party linked to the one ICE designations, when the communication device receives a user selection of a contact list feature to display a portion of the contact list including the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations and when the particular phone number does not match the phone number for the communication device; and control the display to display the name of the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations, without displaying the one of the ICE designations, in response to the communication device receiving a call from the at least one party linked to the one of the ICE designations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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storing, by a communication device, names and associated phone numbers in a contact list; receiving, by the communication device, information to link at least one of the names or associated phone numbers in the contact list to an emergency contact designator for a particular phone number associated with a user; receiving, by the communication device, a request to present the contact list; displaying, by the communication device and in response to the request to present the contact list, the at least one of the names or associated phone numbers with information relating to the emergency contact designator for the communication device when the particular phone number matches a phone number for the communication device; displaying, by the communication device and in response to the request to present the contact list, the at least one of the names or associated phone numbers without information relating, to the emergency contact designator when the particular phone number does not match the phone number for the communication device; receiving, by the communication device, a call from a caller linked to the emergency contact designator; and displaying, by the communication device and in response to receiving the call, at least one of the name of the caller or phone number of the caller and not displaying the emergency contact designator associated with the caller. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. The method of 6, further comprising:
receiving information to link a plurality of names and associated phone numbers to the emergency contact designator.
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11. A communication device comprising:
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a display; a memory to store a contact list of parties and associated numbers, wherein the contact list automatically includes an In Case of Emergency (ICE) contact entry; and a processor configured to; receive, from another communication device, the contact list including linking information that links one of the parties and an associated number to the ICE contact entry, wherein the ICWE contact entry is associated with a particular phone number for a communication device; identify, based on the particular phone number, if the ICE contact entry is appropriate for a user of the communication device; control the display to display parties and the associated numbers and information identifying the one party as an ICE contact when the particular phone number matches a phone number of the communication device; and control the display to display parties and the associated numbers and information without identifying the one party as an ICE contact when the particular phone number does not match the phone number of the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a communication device, a contact list including names and associated numbers, wherein the contact list includes an emergency contact entry that is associated with a particular phone number of a particular communication device and that links at least one of the names and associated numbers to the emergency contact entry; receiving, by the communication device, a request to present the contact list; comparing, by the communication device, a phone number of the communication device with the particular phone number; displaying, by the communication device and in response to the request to present the contact list, the at least one of the names and associated phone numbers with information relating to the emergency contact designator when the phone number of the communication device matches the particular phone number; and displaying, by the communication device and in response to the request to present the contact list, the at least one of the names and associated phone numbers without information relating to the emergency contact designator when the phone number of the communication device does not match the particular phone number. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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