Patent ID: 8560673
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for managing communications of a user, comprising: presenting a message log that tracks all electronic communications sent and received by the user, the message log representing the electronic communications as entries in the message log, with each entry having data fields comprising a “from” field describing an origin of a communication, a “subject” field describing informational content associated with the communication, and a “date” field describing a date associated with the communication; logging chat entries in the message log associated with a conversation in a chat room; receiving an incoming call that is unanswered by the user; adding an entry to the message log for the unanswered incoming call; substituting “unanswered call” in the “subject” field of the entry that corresponds to the unanswered incoming call; causing display of the entry in the message log; receiving a selection of a data field within the entry in the message log; querying an information resource to retrieve information that is correlated to the data field; presenting only one type of correlated information when there is only one type of correlated information; presenting a list of different types of correlated information when different types of correlated information exist; receiving another selection that selects a type of information from the list of different types of correlated information; retrieving the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information; and presenting the type of information correlated to the data field.