Patent ID: 8311511

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor and a memory including software code, the memory and the software code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to: disclose any items of a phonebook function that have an enabling privacy attribute associated therewith, a plurality of items of the phonebook function in the form of data generated or received during use of the apparatus, wherein said items are phonebook entries or sent or received messages or calls, pictures, videos, sound recording, songs or documents associated with the phonebook entries, said phonebook entries having a privacy attribute associated therewith, said privacy attribute restricting or enabling access to the item concerned, search stored phonebook entries on the basis of a search criterion entered by a user, and disclose items that have a restricting privacy attribute only after a user has entered a search criterion that at least partially matches information in the phonebook entry concerned or at least partially matches an attribute associated with the phonebook entry concerned, wherein the search criterion includes a predetermined number and order of characters of the phonebook entry concerned where the predetermined number and order of characters corresponds to a predefined security level.