COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIER LIST CONFIGURATION

• US 20070263843A1
• Filed: 04/04/2006
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Foxenland, Eral
• Granted Patent: US 8,744,056 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/355.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

A device is provided that may initiate a communication with a communication device; log the communications initiated with respective communication devices; determine a likelihood that any one of the communication devices will be a next communication device with which communication will be initiated based on the logged information; and order, in a displayable list based on the determined likelihoods, identifiers associated with at least two of the communication devices.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a memory to store a first call log;

logic configured to generate a first call list based on the first call log, the first call list including a first set of party identifiers that are arranged in an order based on call frequency information respectively associated with the party identifiers; and

a display to display at least a portion of the first call list.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the call frequency information corresponds to at least one of time of day information or day of week information.

3. The communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a calendar to store calendar information, wherein the order is further based on the stored calendar information.

4. The communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface, the displayed party identifiers being selectable via the user interface, the logic being further configured to generate a second call list based on a first selected one of the party identifiers.

5. The communication device of claim 4, wherein the second call list includes a second set of party identifiers associated with the first selected party identifier.

6. The communication device of claim 5, the second set of party identifiers being ordered based on a degree of association with the first selected party identifier.

7. The communication device of claim 5, when a second one of the party identifiers is selected from the second set of party identifiers, the logic is further configured to:

place a multi-party call to the first selected party identifier and the second selected party identifier.

8. The communication device of claim 1, the first call log and the first call list corresponding to a first user of the communication device, the memory to store a second call log, the logic further configured to generate a second call list based on the second call log, the second call log and the second call list corresponding to a second user of the communication device.

9. The communication device of claim 1, the first call log and the first call list corresponding to a first communication identifier associated with the communication device, the memory to store a second call log, the logic further configured to generate a second call list based on the second call log, the second call log and the second call list corresponding to a second communication identifier associated the communication device.

10. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the call frequency information includes weighted call frequency information based on call recency information.

11. A method comprising:

storing communication identifiers associated with respective signals transmitted from a communication device;

configuring a list of the stored communication identifiers based on a relative frequency of signal transmission to the respective stored communication identifiers; and

displaying at least a portion of the list.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the configuring the list is based on a time of day of the configuring.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the configuring the list is based on a day of week on which the list is configured.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

calendaring information for a date, wherein the configuring the list is further based on the calendared information associated with the date when the configuring occurs on the date.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a first selection of a displayed communication identifier from the list;

reconfiguring the list based on the first selection; and

displaying at least a portion of the reconfigured list.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a second selection of a displayed communication identifier from the reconfigured list; and

transmitting a signal based on the first selection of the displayed communication identifier and the second selection of the displayed communication identifier.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining a frequency with which the first selection is included in respective multi-party signal transmissions with two or more of the stored communication identifiers.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the configuring the list of the stored communication identifiers is further based on a relative recency of the signal transmission to the respective stored communication identifiers.

19. A computer readable medium that stores instructions executable by a processing device operating in a communications terminal, the computer readable medium comprising;

instructions to determine a probability that a communication identifier of a plurality of stored communication identifiers will be selected from the stored communication identifiers for calling; and

instructions to order at least two of the stored communication identifiers based on the respective probabilities associated with the at least two communication identifiers.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

instructions to display the ordered communication identifiers as a list.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 20, further comprising:

instructions to receive a selection of at least one displayed communication identifier;

instructions to determine a respective probability that an unselected communication identifier will be selected to be called together with the at least one displayed communication identifier;

instructions to order the unselected communication identifiers based on the respective probabilities associated with respective unselected communication identifiers; and

instructions to display the ordered unselected communication identifiers as another list.

22. A device, comprising:

means for initiating a communication with a communication device;

means for logging the communications initiated with respective communication devices;

means for determining a likelihood that any one of the communication devices will be a next communication device with which communication will be initiated based on the logged information; and

means for ordering, in a displayable list based on the determined likelihoods, identifiers associated with at least two of the communication devices.