Patent ID: 8442580
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting a number or address from a list stored in a mobile telecommunications device for initiating a call or sending a message from the mobile telecommunications device to the number or address, the list comprising names and one or more numbers or addresses corresponding to each name, the method comprising: displaying on a display of the mobile telecommunications device a list comprising at least some of the stored names, one of the names in the list being highlighted; the highlighted name being displayed in the list on the display of the mobile telecommunications device together with a default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name; and when further numbers or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name are stored, displaying on the display of the mobile telecommunications device together with the default number or address a first icon that provides an indication of whether the list comprises further numbers or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name in addition to the displayed number or address and a second icon that provides an indication of a type of the further numbers or addresses that are stored, wherein when the default number or address is a default number, the further numbers or addresses are one or more numbers, and when the default number or address is a default address, the further numbers or addresses are one or more addresses; wherein the second icon comprises an indication of whether the fresher numbers or addresses are at least one of a home phone number, a mobile phone number, a work phone number, a home address, a work address and an e-mail address.