Patent ID: 7877087

Claim:
A method of operating a mobile terminal, the method comprising: providing a whitelist/blacklist in memory of the mobile terminal wherein the whitelist/blacklist includes at least one identification of a communications device remote from the mobile terminal; receiving an update at the mobile terminal for the whitelist/blacklist from outside the mobile terminal over a wireless link; automatically updating the whitelist/blacklist in the memory of the mobile terminal responsive to receiving the update at the mobile terminal from outside the mobile terminal over the wireless link; and moderating communications based on the whitelist/blacklist in the memory; wherein providing a whitelist/blacklist comprises providing first and second whitelists/blacklists with each whitelist/blacklist including at least one identification of a communications device remote from the mobile terminal, wherein receiving an update comprises receiving a first update for the first whitelist/blacklist from a first source remote from the mobile terminal and receiving a second update for the second whitelist/blacklist from a second source remote from the mobile terminal, and wherein automatically updating the whitelist/blacklist comprises automatically updating the first whitelist/blacklist using the first update received from the first source and automatically updating the second whitelist/blacklist using the second update received from the second source.