Patent ID: 8839129

Claim:
A mobile communication device, comprising: a touch screen display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs stored in the memory including instructions for displaying a user interface on the touch screen display wherein the user interface includes: an active communication area in which one or more communication icons that represent active communications can be displayed; and a held communication area in which one or more communication icons that represent held communications can be displayed; wherein the instructions further include instructions: for allowing a user to touch and drag a persistently displayed communication icon within the user interface; for allowing a user to simultaneously drag a first communication icon with a first finger and at least a second communication icon with a second finger within the user interface; for displaying the first communication icon and at least the second communication icon representing first communication and at least a second communication respectively, wherein the first and second communication icons are configured to be manually draggable within the user interface and configured to persistently display call information about the first and the second communications respectively; for detecting a position of a communication icon within the user interface by monitoring where the user has manually dragged the communication icon within the user interface and via the touch screen display; and for handling a communication in response to the detected position of an associated communication icon.