Patent ID: 8612525
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a mobile station comprising: storing instant messaging data in an instant messaging database in the mobile station and address book data in an address book database in the mobile station, the instant messaging data including a listing of instant messaging contacts and corresponding instant messaging presence information, the address book data including address book contacts and, for each address book contact, at least one of a mailing address, a phone number, and an email address; relating instant messaging data from the instant messaging database to address book data from the address book database; grouping two or more address book contacts into a group, the address book contacts associated with corresponding instant messaging contacts; presenting the group as a group data in a transient data list; detecting a selection of an option to open a messaging session with the group; and opening a messaging session with the address book contacts of the selected group; wherein the group data comprises a group name and presence information about two or more contacts that are associated with the two or more address book contacts in the group; wherein the presence information indicates a number of the contacts of the address book contacts in the group that are currently available to be contacted.