Patent ID: 8239472

Claim:
A method comprising: using a communication device: in a user interface, displaying a list of contacts; receiving a user indication to display a menu for a selected contact out of the list of contacts; responsive to receiving the user indication to display the menu, displaying a menu for the selected contact, wherein the menu comprises a plurality of options including an option to give the selected contact breakthrough status; via the menu for the selected contact, receiving at the communication device a user indication to give the selected contact breakthrough status; responsive to receiving the user indication at the communication device to give the selected contact breakthrough status via the menu for the selected contact, giving the selected contact breakthrough status and displaying in the user interface a list of breakthrough contacts consisting of contacts having breakthrough status; receiving a user indication of a selection of a contact from the list of breakthrough contacts; responsive to receiving the user indication of a selection of a breakthrough contact, displaying a second menu for the selected breakthrough contact, the second menu comprising an option to assign a personalized audible notification to the selected breakthrough contact selected from the list of contacts having breakthrough status; receiving an indication of an incoming communication; determining whether a breakthrough profile is active, wherein the determining whether the breakthrough profile is active is not based on calendar data indicating that a user of the communication device is in a meeting; determining whether a contact associated with the incoming communication is identified as having a breakthrough status; and when the breakthrough profile is active, issuing a notification indicating the incoming communication only if the contact has the breakthrough status, wherein the notification is a personalized audible notification if the contact has been assigned a personalized audible notification.