SORTING CONTACTS

• US 20100241638A1
• Filed: 03/18/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: WILLNER, BARRY E., STERN, EDITH HELEN, HARPUR, LIAM, O'SULLIVAN, PATRICK JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US12/406,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241638A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computing system for sorting contacts is provided. The method may include sorting a group of contacts within an address field of a message based upon, at least in part, a selected hierarchy. The method may also include displaying said group of contacts at a computing device according to said selected hierarchy. Of course, numerous other operations may be included without departing from the scope of this disclosure.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

sorting a group of contacts within an address field of a message based upon, at least in part, a selected hierarchy; and

displaying said group of contacts at a computing device according to said selected hierarchy.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein said message is at least one of an email message and a calendar invitation.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein said selected hierarchy is based upon, at least in part, at least one of a social networking application and an organizational hierarchy.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the selected hierarchy is specified by a recipient of the message.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting said message from said computing device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising receiving said message at said computing device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising generating a multi-dimensional display of said selected hierarchy.

8. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

sorting a group of contacts within an address field of a message based upon, at least in part, a selected hierarchy; and

displaying said group of contacts at a computing device according to said selected hierarchy.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein said message is at least one of an email message and a calendar invitation.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein said selected hierarchy is based upon, at least in part, at least one of a social networking application and an organizational hierarchy.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the selected hierarchy is specified by a recipient of the message.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising transmitting said message from said computing device.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising receiving said message at said computing device.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising generating a multi-dimensional display of said selected hierarchy.

15. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor;

a first software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the first software module is configured to determine a selected hierarchy; and

a second software module configured to sort a group of contacts based upon, at least in part, the selected hierarchy.

16. The computing system of claim 15 wherein said selected hierarchy is based upon, at least in part, at least one of a social networking application and an organizational hierarchy.

17. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising a third software module configured to receive a sorting request.

18. The computing system of claim 15 wherein the selected hierarchy is specified by at least one of a recipient and a sender of a message, the message including a sorted group of contacts.

19. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising a fourth software module configured to transmit a message including a sorted group of contacts to a requesting computing device.

20. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising a fifth software module configured to communicate with at least one of a social networking application and an organizational hierarchy.