IP Library Granted Patent US 8,744,056
Granted Patent B2
US 8,744,056 · App. 11/278,582 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Communication identifier list configuration

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Patent No.
US 8,744,056
App. No.
11/278,582
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
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 (49)

1. A communication device comprising:

a memory to store a first call log including a plurality of communication identifiers corresponding to a plurality of party identifiers related to call activity of the communication device, wherein at least two of the plurality of communication identifiers correspond to a single party identifier of the plurality of party identifiers;

logic configured to generate, based on the first call log, a first call list including a first set of party identifiers, of the plurality of party identifiers, arranged in an order based on call frequency information respectively associated with the first set of party identifiers, wherein the first set of party identifiers includes the single party identifier, and the call frequency information for the single party identifier includes the call activity related to each of the at least two of the plurality of communication 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, in a memory of a communication device, communication identifiers associated with communications involving the communication device, wherein each of the stored communication identifiers corresponds to a party identifier of a plurality of party identifiers, wherein at least two of the stored communication identifiers correspond to a single party identifier of the plurality of party identifiers;

configuring a list of the plurality of party identifiers, including the single party identifier, based on a relative frequency of the communications involving each of the stored communication identifiers; and

displaying at least a portion of the list.

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

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein 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 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

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

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

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

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein configuring the list of the stored communication identifiers is further based on a relative recency of the communications involving the stored communication identifiers.

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

instructions to determine a probability that a particular party identifier corresponding to at least two communication identifiers, of a plurality of communication identifiers stored in a memory of the communication terminal, will be selected for communication, by a user of the communication terminal, from a plurality of party identifiers corresponding to the stored communication identifiers, wherein the probability is based on past communications initiated to each of the at least two of the stored communication identifiers; and

instructions to order at least two party identifiers, of the plurality of party identifiers, based on the probabilities determined for the at least two party identifiers, wherein the at least two party identifiers include the particular party identifier.

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

instructions to display the ordered communication identifiers as a list.

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

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

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

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

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

22. A device, comprising:

means for initiating a communication to a particular party identifier, of a plurality of party identifiers, associated with a particular communication device of a plurality of communication devices corresponding to the particular party identifier;

means for logging the communication initiated to the particular party identifier;

means for determining a likelihood that the particular communication device 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 likelihood, the plurality of party identifiers.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048691/0134 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2017
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 043951/0529 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 043943/0631 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2014
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY CORPORATION; SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 032652/0639 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 11, 2014
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 032664/0142 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2006
From: FOXENLAND, ERAL DENIS
To: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 017690/0693 →