Patent ID: 8909650
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an ordered arrangement of data items pertaining to contacts, the order of the arrangement being determined based on a comparison of ranks of the contacts, the method comprising: registering communications between the user and the contacts, the communications including active communications originating from the user and terminating at a contact and passive communications originating from a contact and terminating at the user; and determining a rank of a contact based on a parameter, the parameter being calculated based on an occurrence measure for the communications registered for the contact which is based on a frequency of the communications between the user and the contact in a relevant time period and the parameter being modified based on a comparison of occurrences of the active and the passive communications between the user and the contact, the comparison being based on a difference between a number of active communications and a number of passive communications such that a higher frequency of communications between the user and the contact in the relevant time period leads to a higher rank of the contact if the number of active communications equals the number of passive communications.