Patent ID: 8223940
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communications device comprising: a mode comparator configured to determine which one of a plurality of available communication modes is likely to be most appropriate for selection when initiating communication with a destination call party based at least in part on availability status data representative of a state of availability of the destination call party, the mode comparator being further configured to generate an ordered list of the plurality of available communication modes for presentation to a user in which the communication mode determined to be most appropriate is a first ranked mode of the ordered list, and wherein a ranking of the available communication modes in the ordered list is representative of the likelihood of use of respective communication modes in communicating with the destination call party; a contact identifier module adapted to extract from currently viewed display data a contact identifier identifying the destination call party and adapted to acquire corresponding contact address information for use in each of the available communication modes; and a historical data module adapted to analyze a history of previously made communications using the contact address information and adapted to derive for each available communication mode a score value representative of a number of instances of communication made during at least one time period, said score value being input to the mode comparator for use in determining the ranking of the available communication modes in the ordered list for presentation to the user.