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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Colin Gibbs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gabriel Cohen, Alameda, CA (US);
Daisuke Miyakawa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel Lehmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colin Gibbs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gabriel Cohen, Alameda, CA (US);
Daisuke Miyakawa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel Lehmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing destination-address suggestions for a new communication. For each of various communication addresses, multiple counts of use of the communication address are maintained, with each count being for a respective type of communication and/or for a respective application class. When a new communication of a particular type or by an application of a particular class is being established, the communication addresses are presented as destination-address suggestions in a rank-order based on the counts specific to the communication type and/or application class. The rank-ordering of can also take into account other factors, such as source persona, time, and location, for instance.