Facebook, Inc.

Aol Inc.

Jack Mazzeo

John Panzer

Valerie Kucharewski

Michael Anthony Buonomo

Michael Traylor

Enabling management of contacts includes passively recognizing a set of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member, bringing the member's attention to the recognized set of contacts, enabling the member to name the set of contacts, and enabling the member to address future communications to the set of contacts through use of the name associated by the member with the set of contacts.

People lists

Central people lists accessible by multiple applications

An apparatus and method for enabling management of contacts is disclosed. The method includes passively recognizing that a plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member, generating a contacts list including the plurality of contacts based on the passive recognition, enabling the member to associate an identifier with the contacts list, and enabling the member to address future communications to the plurality of contacts, as a group, through use of the identifier associated with the contacts list.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Jack Mazzeo