Patent ID: 8583126

Claim:
A method of placing a call on a communication line selected from at least two communication lines associated with a mobile device on which outgoing calls are placed using the mobile device, the method comprising: monitoring for initiation of a call to a target recipient; upon detecting the initiation of the call to the target recipient, determining a priority ranking for a first communication line of the at least two communication lines, based on a first factor associated with the first communication line and a pre-defined weighting score for the first factor associated with the first communication line, and based on a second factor associated with the first communication line and a pre-defined weighting score for the second factor associated with the first communication line; and determining a priority ranking for a second communication line of the at least two communication lines, based on a first factor associated with the second communication line and a pre-defined weighting score for the first factor associated with the second communication line, and based on a second factor associated with the second communication line and a pre-defined weighting score for the second factor associated with the second communication line; wherein each of the first and second factors are one of: whether the respective communication line was last used for calling the target recipient, whether the respective communication line is associated with the target recipient as identified in an address book, whether the respective communication line is determined to be a most frequently used communication line on the mobile device, whether the respective communication line is associated with a message address of one or more messages received at the mobile device, whether the respective communication line is associated with a time of day, whether the respective communication line is associated with an appointment record, or whether the respective communication line is a default communication line; selecting one of the at least two communication lines based on the determined priority rankings; and placing the call to the target recipient on the selected communication line.