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Patent No.:

US 9338243 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Scott H. Prager, Stratham, NH (US);

Anuphinh Phimmasorn Wanderski, Durham, NC (US);

Eric M. Wilcox, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04L 29/08675 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for tracking at least recent contacts and favorite contacts across multiple communications services may include collecting, by a processor, information associated with a plurality of contact interactions of a user from each of a set of different communications services utilized by the user. The method may also include storing, by a storage device, the information associated with each of the plurality of contact interactions. The method may additionally include analyzing the information associated with each of the plurality of contact interactions. The method may further include determining at least one of a list of most recent contacts and a list of favorite contacts from analyzing the information associated with each of the plurality of contact interactions.


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