Patent ID: 9323416
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing a linked contact record representative of contact information from multiple source contacts comprising: after receiving selection of a linked contact record of a contact associated with a user, that includes a plurality of linked source contact records of the contact, displaying in a user interface the linked contact record and a visual indicator indicating that the linked contact record has a linked status and indicating the number of linked source contact records of the linked contact record, the visual indicator comprising a non-textual image and a numeric value that overlays the non-textual image; and after receiving an input to enter a manage mode, entering the manage mode in which the linked contact record of the contact can be selectively managed by adding or removing links to source contact records, and displaying in the user interface: wherein the plurality of linked source contact records of the contact comprises source contact records of the same contact, wherein the input to enter a manage mode comprises selection of the visual indicator, and wherein the indicated number of linked source contact records of the linked contact record is updated if the number of linked source contact records of the linked contact record is modified in the manage mode.