Patent ID: 8594739
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication device, comprising: a tablet with a touch-sensitive display, wherein the tablet includes a memory storing computer instructions, wherein the tablet is communicatively couplable to a base unit by way of a cordless phone protocol and a wireless data protocol to provide voice and data communication services for the tablet, and wherein the tablet, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: storing in an entry of a contact book a communication identifiers for establishing communications with a party; associating an image to the entry of the contact book corresponding to the party, wherein the image is of the party; presenting a toolbar with the image; detecting a selection of the image; identifying the entry in the contact book responsive to the detected selection of the image; retrieving the communication identifier of the party from the entry of the contact book; when only one communication identifier is retrieved from the entry in the contact book corresponding to the party, invoking a communication session according to the retrieved communication identifier; and wherein when there is a group of communication identifiers in the entry of the contact book corresponding to different communication devices of the party, the tablet: