Expedited communication graphical user interface system and method
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1. An apparatus for a mobile device, said apparatus comprising:
- communication preference data stored at a first data structure at the mobile device, said communication preference data identifying, for a contact, a preferred communication mode and an alternate communication mode;
a mode evaluator configured to determine when the preferred communication mode is available and when the preferred communication mode is not available; and
an initiator configured to retrieve stored communication preference data and initiate a communication to the contact, the communication effected with the preferred communication mode of the communication preference data when the mode evaluator determines the preferred mode to be available and with the alternate communication mode of the communication preference data when the mode evaluator determines the preferred mode to not be available.
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Abstract
A method for managing expedited communication functions for a mobile device having a processing subsystem, a memory subsystem, a display subsystem, a communication subsystem, and a keyboard subsystem includes displaying a graphical key representation of mobile device keyboard subsystem keys, arranging the graphical keys in similar disposition to the mobile device keyboard subsystem keys, and displaying visual indicia to indicate mobile device keyboard subsystem keys associated with expedited communication functions.
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1. An apparatus for a mobile device, said apparatus comprising:
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communication preference data stored at a first data structure at the mobile device, said communication preference data identifying, for a contact, a preferred communication mode and an alternate communication mode; a mode evaluator configured to determine when the preferred communication mode is available and when the preferred communication mode is not available; and an initiator configured to retrieve stored communication preference data and initiate a communication to the contact, the communication effected with the preferred communication mode of the communication preference data when the mode evaluator determines the preferred mode to be available and with the alternate communication mode of the communication preference data when the mode evaluator determines the preferred mode to not be available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for facilitating communication by a mobile device, said method comprising:
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storing in a communication preference data storage structure at the mobile device communication preference data that identifies, for a contact, a preferred communication mode and an alternate communication mode; determining when the preferred communication mode is available and when the preferred communication mode is not available; and retrieving the stored communication preference data and initiating a communication to the contact, the communication effected with the preferred communication mode of the communication preference data when the mode evaluator determines the preferred mode to be available and with the alternate communication mode of the communication preference data when the mode evaluator determines the preferred mode to not be available. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for communicating, by a mobile device, in a preferred communication mode specified by communication preference data, said method comprising:
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associating a communication preference data record with a contact data set record at the mobile device; evaluating to determine when the preferred communication mode is available and when the preferred communication mode is not available; identifying, for a contact, an alternate communication mode; and retrieving the stored communication preference data and initiating a communication to a contact associated with the contact data set record in conformity with the communication preference data record when said evaluating determines that the preferred communication mode is available and with the alternate communication mode when said evaluating determines that the preferred communication mode is not available. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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