Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable path management of user contacts
- Patent Title (中): 用户联系人的可变路径管理
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Application No.: US12413148Application Date: 2009-03-27
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Publication No.: US08370770B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Michael Steffen Vance , Jasdeep Singh Chugh , Jared T. Benson , Christian Robertson , Shilpa R. Shah , Gabriel J. White , Charles Goran , Valerie Lynn Goulart , Feridoon Malekzadeh , Alejandro J. Amano-Palacios
- Applicant: Michael Steffen Vance , Jasdeep Singh Chugh , Jared T. Benson , Christian Robertson , Shilpa R. Shah , Gabriel J. White , Charles Goran , Valerie Lynn Goulart , Feridoon Malekzadeh , Alejandro J. Amano-Palacios
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for managing a subset of user contacts on a telecommunications device are provided. In one embodiment, a software application executed by a processor of a telecommunications device identifies a subset of contacts selected at least in part by a user of the telecommunications device. The subset of contacts includes a portion of the user's contacts accessible by the telecommunications device. The software application executed by the processor of the telecommunications device then causes display of a first portion of graphical identifiers associated with a first portion of the subset of contacts along a first path on a display of the telecommunications device about an axis positioned external to the display of the telecommunications device. The software application further causes display of a second portion of graphical identifiers associated with a second portion of the subset of contacts along a second path on the display of the telecommunications device about the external axis. Aspects of systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for further arranging the graphical identifiers are also provided. Even further, aspects of systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for providing functionality associated with the graphical identifiers are provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100037144A1 VARIABLE PATH MANAGEMENT OF USER CONTACTS Public/Granted day:2010-02-11
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