Patent ID: 8615216

Claim:
A mobile communications management system comprising: an electronic communication device having an associated user communication profile and associated user identification data; a memory device associating a mobile electronic communication device user with the user identification data, and the user communication profile with the mobile device user; a server obtaining the user communication profile and the user identification data from the electronic communication device, authenticating the user associated with the user identification data, querying the memory device for an association between the user communication profile and the authenticated user, and creating an association in the memory device between the authenticated user and the user communication profile based on the results of the query; an application obtaining a communication directed to or initiated by a mobile electronic communication device associated with the mobile device user, and identifying the user communication profile for application to the communication; wherein the user communication profile comprises user preferences related to the handling of incoming and outgoing communications, and user preferences related to the handling of missed communications, wherein the application identifies the user communication profile by: identifying, in the memory device, a user calendar associated with the mobile device user and a meeting associated with the user calendar, wherein the meeting covers the current time in the current day, and selecting a user communication profile associated with the identified meeting, and wherein the application identifies a second user communication profile for application to the obtained communication by: identifying, in the memory device, a user contact associated with the mobile device user, and selecting a user communication profile associated with the identified user contact; and a user interface obtaining a representation of a meeting, and facilitating the creation of associations in the memory device, the associations comprising: a first association between the meeting and the user communication profile a second association between the meeting and a user calendar, and a third association between the user calendar and the mobile device user.