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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2014
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Douglas Gisby, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christopher Labrador, Waterloo, CA;
Kevin Andrewin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Nicholas Alfano, Hillington, GB;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Systems and methods are described that facilitate the generation of calling lists for use in planning or setting up conference calls. The system may include a communications module and a contact database comprising a plurality of contact records, each contact record corresponding to a different contact. Each contact record may include at least one contact address and at least one descriptor. For example, the descriptor may include a job title and/or expertise for the contact. The system may also include a selection module configured to select at least one of the contacts and also configured to compare the at least one descriptor to at least one qualifier criteria. The method may include: providing a contact database comprising a plurality of contact records, each contact record corresponding to a different contact; wherein each contact record comprises at least one contact address and at least one descriptor; determining at least one qualifier criteria; comparing the qualifier criteria to the at least one descriptor; determining a calling list corresponding to at least one contact.