Patent ID: 7894583

Claim:
A method for implementing a user policy at a first electronic device to link information concerning a telephony communication event with a telephone number or Internet Protocol address associated with a second electronic device, said telephony communication event occurring in telephonic communication between said first device and a second electronic device, said method comprising: receiving at the first device the information that concerns the telephone number or Internet Protocol address associated with said second electronic device, and through which said second electronic device is in telephonic communication with the first electronic device: receiving at the first device information that identifies the time of said telephony communication event; checking a memory available at the first device whether the user policy is to link the information that concerns the telephone number or Internet Protocol address associated with said second electronic device and information regarding the telephony communication event; and creating pointers so that the information that concerns the telephone number or Internet Protocol address associated with said second electronic device is linked with the time of said telephony communication event only if the linking is in accordance with the user policy.