Patent ID: 7370290
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying contact information and contact-centric tasks at a display device, the method comprising: receiving a request for a contact card; determining contact-centric tasks enabled by an application associated with a computing device of the client, wherein the computing device of the client performs a self-diagnosis to determine communication elements of the computing device of the client; determining contact-centric tasks enable by an application associated with a computing device of the contact, wherein determining contact-centric tasks enabled by the application associated with the computing device of the contact includes receiving a notification of performance capabilities of the computing device associated with the contact; determining a current online internet connection status of the computing device of the contact of the contact card; filtering the contact-centric tasks to include contact-centric tasks that are enabled by both the application associated with the computing device of the contact, the application associated with the computing device of the client, and the current online status of the communication device of the contact of the contact card; and displaying the contact card including: