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Patent No.:

US 8577895 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2010
Applicants:

Amit Gupta, Bellevue, WA (US);

Amritansh Raghav, Seattle, WA (US);

Cindy Kwan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Dejun Zhou, Seattle, WA (US);

Rui Liang, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Amit Gupta, Bellevue, WA (US);

Amritansh Raghav, Seattle, WA (US);

Cindy Kwan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Dejun Zhou, Seattle, WA (US);

Rui Liang, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Contacts lists are dynamically managed in association with communication and collaboration applications and devices. Automated and user defined factors are determined based on information from various resources such as user profile, contact information, past communication information, application/device types, and comparable ones. Factors may be weighted and employed to prioritize contacts lists under different circumstances. Prioritized contacts lists may be provided to a user, stored, updated, or otherwise processed.


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