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First Claim
1. A method for creating avatar visual identifiers of contacts in an address book, comprisingreceiving contact information, which contact information corresponds to an entry in an address book,extracting contact parameters associated with said contact information,associating said contact parameters with avatar identification parameters, andcreating an avatar visual identifier for said contact information using said avatar identification parameters, wherein said avatar visual identifier has a one-to-one mapping to said contact information.
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Abstract
A method for creating avatar visual identifiers of contacts in an address book, including receiving contact information, which contact information corresponds to an entry in an address book, extracting contact parameters associated with the contact information, associating the contact parameters with avatar identification parameters, and creating an avatar visual identifier for the contact information using the avatar identification parameters, wherein the avatar visual identifier has a one-to-one mapping to the contact information is provided. A device thereof is also provided.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for creating avatar visual identifiers of contacts in an address book, comprising
receiving contact information, which contact information corresponds to an entry in an address book, extracting contact parameters associated with said contact information, associating said contact parameters with avatar identification parameters, and creating an avatar visual identifier for said contact information using said avatar identification parameters, wherein said avatar visual identifier has a one-to-one mapping to said contact information.
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8. A method for searching contact information in an address book, comprising
receiving user input representing search terms for an avatar visual identifier, said search terms corresponding to avatar identification parameters, wherein said avatar visual identifier has a one-to-one mapping to contact information, and wherein said contact information corresponds to an entry in an address book; - and
displaying said avatar visual identifier as an image, said image being displayed along said contact information, wherein said avatar visual identifier has a one-to-one mapping to said contact information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A mobile communication device comprising circuitry configured to
receive contact information, which contact information corresponds to an entry in an address book, extract contact parameters associated with said contact information, associate said contact parameters with avatar identification parameters, and create an avatar visual identifier for said contact information using said avatar identification parameters, wherein said avatar visual identifier has a one-to-one mapping to said contact information.
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13. A method for facilitating extraction of a data item from a set of data items, comprising
receiving at least one set of data items; -
associating items from said at least one set of data items with visual identifiers; displaying a subset of visual identifiers along a path on a display, wherein members of said subset of visual identifiers are stacked in at least one stack of visual identifiers; detecting a first user input and calculating a position on said display based on said detection of said first user input; highlighting a member of said displayed stacked subset of visual identifiers on said display, wherein said highlighted visual identifier corresponds to said calculated position on said display; and detecting a second user input representing a selection of said highlighted visual identifier, extracting further data from the selected data item represented by said highlighted visual identifier displaying said further data on said display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21)
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20. A mobile communication device comprising circuitry configured to
receive at least one set of data items; -
associate items from said at least one set of data items with visual identifiers; display a subset of visual identifiers along a path on a display, wherein members of said subset of visual identifiers are stacked in at least one stack of visual identifiers; detect a first user input and calculate a position on said display based on said detection of said first user input; highlight a member of said displayed stacked subset of visual identifiers on said display, wherein said highlighted visual identifier corresponds to said calculated position on said display; and detect a second user input representing a selection of said highlighted visual identifier, extract further data from the selected data item represented by said highlighted visual identifier and display said further data on said display.
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