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Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:

Valerie Kucharewski, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael Traylor, Millbrae, CA (US);

Michael Anthony Buonomo, Round Hill, VA (US);

John Panzer, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jack Mazzeo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Valerie Kucharewski, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael Traylor, Millbrae, CA (US);

Michael Anthony Buonomo, Round Hill, VA (US);

John Panzer, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jack Mazzeo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04M 1/2745 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/36 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04M 1/274533 (2013.01); H04M 3/4931 (2013.01); H04M 2203/551 (2013.01); H04M 2203/556 (2013.01);
Abstract

Enabling management of contacts includes passively recognizing a set of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member, bringing the member's attention to the recognized set of contacts, enabling the member to name the set of contacts, and enabling the member to address future communications to the set of contacts through use of the name associated by the member with the set of contacts.


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