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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating a communication group for a given type of communication using a mobile station for initiating communication sessions of the given type among mobile stations are disclosed. A group definition for determining members of the new communication group is composed from one or more contacts from the electronic address book such as by selecting from the address book using the mobile station. The group definition may include logical operators to define the combination of contacts. A name may be specified for the new group. The assembly of the list of members may be performed by the mobile station, a communication network server for maintaining groups (e.g. a Group and List Management Server (GLMS)) or an email server.