Patent ID: 8369490

Claim:
A mobile radio telephone comprising: a memory having stored thereon phonebook items wherein each phonebook item identifies a party and a group attribute associated with the identified party, wherein the group attribute reflects a pre-defined relationship type between the identified party and a user of the mobile radio telephone; means for receiving a calling party identification for a received telephone call; and a controller configured to select a disposition of the received call, the controller comprising: means for selecting an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes comprising: a no calls operating mode, an emergency calls only operating mode, a business and emergency calls operating mode, a personal and emergency calls operating mode, a business, personal and emergency calls operating mode, and an all calls operating mode, wherein the plurality of operating modes are configured to control the disposition of at least one of a group of personal calls, a group of business calls, a group of emergency calls, and a group of unknown calls; means for comparing the received calling party identification with the phonebook items to identify a phonebook item matching the received calling party identification; and means for selecting a disposition for the received call based on the group attribute associated with the matching phonebook item and a present operating mode of the telephone.