Patent ID: 8594739

Claim:
A communication device, comprising: a tablet with a touch-sensitive display, wherein the tablet includes a memory storing computer instructions, wherein the tablet is communicatively couplable to a base unit by way of a cordless phone protocol and a wireless data protocol to provide voice and data communication services for the tablet, and wherein the tablet, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: storing in an entry of a contact book a communication identifiers for establishing communications with a party; associating an image to the entry of the contact book corresponding to the party, wherein the image is of the party; presenting a toolbar with the image; detecting a selection of the image; identifying the entry in the contact book responsive to the detected selection of the image; retrieving the communication identifier of the party from the entry of the contact book; when only one communication identifier is retrieved from the entry in the contact book corresponding to the party, invoking a communication session according to the retrieved communication identifier; and wherein when there is a group of communication identifiers in the entry of the contact book corresponding to different communication devices of the party, the tablet: presents the toolbar with the image and with a group of icons adjacent to the image, wherein each icon of the group of icons is representative of a corresponding communication device of the different communication devices, wherein the image is presented without presenting a text identification of the party; highlights one of the group of icons based on presence information associated with the party; detects a selection of a target icon from among the group of icons; responsive to the detecting of the selection of the target icon, retrieves the communication identifier associated with the target icon from among the group of communication identifiers; and responsive to the detecting of the selection of the target icon, invokes the communication session according to the retrieved communication identifier.