Patent ID: 7680513

Claim:
A method for operating a computing device, the method comprising: recording instances of an activity performed on the computing device; associating the recorded instances with a contact record stored on the computing device; responsive to an action of a user, displaying information about the activity that is based on a content of the contact record, wherein said displayed information includes a plurality of entries that correspond to one or more communication identifiers contained in the contact record, and wherein each entry is displayed to be selectable by the user to initiate a communication of a particular type, so that the plurality of entries combined enable the user to initiate a communication of more than one type; detecting an input corresponding to a selection by the user of one of the plurality of entries; and responsive to the selection, automatically (i) initiating a communication using the communication identifier that corresponds to the entry of the selection and (ii) executing a communication application to transmit the communication, wherein the communication is of the particular type provided by the entry of the selection and the communication application is executed using the communication identifier represented by the entry of the selection; wherein displaying information about the activity includes displaying entries that are each associated with individual communications transmitted as one of a plurality of communication types, and wherein each entry represents a communication identifier that is usable with the communication application for generating communications of the particular type provided by the entry of the selection; and wherein automatically initiating the communication using the communication identifier that corresponds to the entry of the selection includes: executing the communication application for generating the communications of the particular type using the selected communication identifier represented by the entry of the selection; and displaying at least a first identifier for use with a voice-exchange session, and a second identifier for use with a text message; and wherein automatically executing the application of the communication type associated with the selected entry includes: if the selection corresponds to the first identifier, executing a voice-exchange application to initiate the voice-exchange session using the first identifier; and if the selection corresponds to the second entry, executing a text message application to initiate the text message using a value of the second identifier.