Patent ID: 7941762

Claim:
A method implemented at least partially in a first apparatus, the method comprising: the first apparatus displaying a plurality of first rows including at least one first row indicative of a first call state of a first telephone call at the first apparatus, as incoming thereto; the first apparatus receiving input in a dialog box; the first apparatus automatically identifying at least a name of a person, by using at least said input; the first apparatus obtaining from at least one source on a network, information corresponding to at least the person identified by the name; the first apparatus displaying a suggestion list comprising a plurality of second rows based on multiple persons identified by use of the input, at least one second row in the plurality of second rows comprising at least the name of the person, the first apparatus further displaying an icon indicative of a second call state of a second telephone call incoming at a second apparatus of the person identified in said at least one second row; the first apparatus repeatedly responding to additional input in the dialog box by re-drawing the suggestion list to display at least a subset of second rows selected from among the plurality of second rows, the subset of second rows comprising names of a subset of persons in the plurality of persons and icons corresponding to the names, the subset of persons being selected by the first apparatus by using at least a combination of the input and the additional input; the first apparatus re-drawing the suggestion list without receipt of the additional input in the dialog box, to display updated information comprising the second call state of the second telephone call; the first apparatus re-drawing at least the first call state in the first row in response to the first telephone call being answered at the first apparatus; and the first apparatus dialing the second apparatus in response to selection of said at least one second row in the suggestion list.