Patent ID: 7139806
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A communication system for providing dynamic management of a plurality of contacts, the communication system comprising; a messaging server for managing communication of a plurality of electronic messages among a plurality of communication devices, wherein the messaging server comprises: at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices for use by the at least one messaging user for receiving the plurality of contacts and the plurality of contact information from the messaging server, wherein the plurality of contact information are selected from a group consisting of a plurality of current data, a plurality of contact settings, a plurality notification rules, a plurality of visibility rules, a plurality of notification settings, and a plurality of visibility settings, wherein the plurality of contact settings are selected from a group consisting of a periodic setting, a desired contact period, a plurality of priority settings, a linger time, one or more triggers, one or more categories, one or more presentation settings, an attack time, and a decay time, and wherein the plurality of priority settings are selected from a group consisting of a post contact priority, a contact desired priority, and a minimum priority.