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Handheld electronic device having improved phone call log, and associated method

  • US 9,843,666 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2013
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of displaying a communications log on a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • displaying an entry in the communications log associated with one of an outgoing phone call associated with a phone number and an incoming phone call associated with the phone number, the entry including a name associated with the phone number when the phone number corresponds to a stored contact, and the phone number when the phone number does not correspond to a stored contact, wherein the communications log comprises a log of outgoing calls combined with a log of incoming calls into a single call log such that outgoing and incoming calls associated with the logs of outgoing and incoming calls are simultaneously displayed in the communications log, wherein the entry is displayed in the communications log with a plurality of entries associated with outgoing and incoming phone calls to and from respective phone numbers, wherein only a single entry is displayed for each phone number associated with the respective entries; and

    displaying a call history in response to the entry being selected from the communications log, the call history including the outgoing phone call and the incoming phone call associated with the phone number.

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