Patent ID: 8639229
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F,G08B,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media device(s) having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a mobile communication and computing device, cause the mobile communication and computing device to perform acts comprising: enabling dragging, from a first area of a display of the mobile communication and computing device, a first indicator indicating a first entity into a second area of the display of the mobile communication and computing device, the first and second areas displayed on a same screen of the display; receiving selection of the first indicator through dragging of the first indicator from the first area of the display to the second area of the display; indicating that the first entity is successfully collected to or is the first of a collection of entities; enabling dragging, from the first area of the display to the second area of the display, a second indicator indicating a second entity; receiving selection of the second indicator through dragging of the second indicator from the first area of the display to the second area of the display; indicating that the second entity is successfully added to the collection; enabling selection using touch functionality of the mobile communication and computing device, either after the act of indicating that the second entity is successfully added to the collection or at some later time after one or more additional entities are successfully added to the collection, to create a communication group having the entities of the collection; receiving selection to create the communication group; and creating the communication group at the mobile communication and computing device, the communication group enabling at least text messaging communication from the mobile communication and computing device to all of the entities of the communication group at once, communications sent via the text messaging communication configured to display on one or more display devices associated with the entities of the communication group.