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Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Gary D. Cudak, Creedmor, NC (US);

Christopher J. Hardee, Raleigh, NC (US);

Randall C. Humes, Raleigh, NC (US);

Heather C. Miller, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Inventors:

Gary D. Cudak, Creedmor, NC (US);

Christopher J. Hardee, Raleigh, NC (US);

Randall C. Humes, Raleigh, NC (US);

Heather C. Miller, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/2745 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/274583 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for contact list prioritization according to predicted reachability includes loading a contact list of contacts and retrieving a reachability value for each corresponding contact in the contact list that has been computed for each corresponding contact according to usage data of each corresponding contact for an associated mobile telephone. Thereafter, contacts in the contact list that are determined to be most reachable according to a corresponding reachability value are displayed first.


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