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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Dana M. Duffield, Rochester, MN (US);
Matthew G. Kelm, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark J. Luchini, Rochester, MN (US);
Kevin W. Sutter, Rochester, MN (US);
Dana M. Duffield, Rochester, MN (US);
Matthew G. Kelm, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark J. Luchini, Rochester, MN (US);
Kevin W. Sutter, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the dynamic creation or reconfiguration of a contact group listing based upon retrieved metadata. The method comprising identifying a contact that is to be added to a primary contact list, the primary contact list being configured to be accessed by at least one sub-list group, wherein sub-list groups are associated with predetermined metadata classification criteria. The method further comprises interrogating data sources in order to identify metadata that is associated with the contact, and retrieving from the data sources all metadata that has been associated with the contact. The retrieved metadata is subsequently utilized to dynamically generate or reconfigure sub-list groupings in accordance with the information that is retrieved from the metadata.