Patent ID: 7716287
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06Q,H04B,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for organizing a participant list, the method comprising: maintaining a participant list of users of an electronic communications system to be used by a first user of the electronic communications system, the participant list including a first group of users of the electronic communications system and a second group of users of the electronic communications system that is different from the first group of users; determining communications strengths between the first user and each of the users included in the first group of users; determining communications strengths between the first user and each of the users included in the second group of users; determining an order in which to list the users in the first group of users based on the determined communications strengths between the first user and each of the users included in the first group of users; determining an order in which to list the users in the second group of users based on the determined communications strengths between the first user and each of the users included in the second group of users; and causing a visual display of the participant list including: wherein: wherein: