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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2006
Sunil H. Madhani, Austin, TX (US);
Alberto Gutierrez, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Sunil H. Madhani, Austin, TX (US);
Alberto Gutierrez, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and devices for a social networking device. The methods include calculating a value for a social networking indexfor contacts in a contact list, and prioritizing a subset of contacts. IP addresses of contacts retrievedfrom the Internet according to the social networking index can be preloadedfor the initiation of an IP based communication. The social networking index is generated from values of predetermined statisticsassociated with contacts of the contact list. The statistics associated with contacts of a contact list includea number of communications with a contact, a statistical value calculated from lengths of communications with a contact, a time since a last communication with a contact and a statistical value calculated from times between at least two consecutive communications with a contact. Calculating a social networking indexcan include applying weightswith which to combine the values of the predetermined statistics.