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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Michael Steffen Vance, Kenmore, WA (US);
Jasdeep Singh Chugh, Renton, WA (US);
Jared T. Benson, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Christian Robertson, Concord, CA (US);
Shilpa R. Shah, Oakland, CA (US);
Gabriel J. White, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Goran, Seattle, WA (US);
Valerie Lynn Goulart, Seattle, WA (US);
Feridoon Malekzadeh, Seattle, WA (US);
Alejandro J. Amano-palacios, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Steffen Vance, Kenmore, WA (US);
Jasdeep Singh Chugh, Renton, WA (US);
Jared T. Benson, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Christian Robertson, Concord, CA (US);
Shilpa R. Shah, Oakland, CA (US);
Gabriel J. White, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Goran, Seattle, WA (US);
Valerie Lynn Goulart, Seattle, WA (US);
Feridoon Malekzadeh, Seattle, WA (US);
Alejandro J. Amano-Palacios, Seattle, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
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.