Patent ID: 7266367

Claim:
A method of accessing contact information on a communication device, comprising: receiving a communication from a communication network with the communication device; identifying a network identifier in the received communication; comparing the network identifier with contact information in a plurality of contact records stored in the communication device to identify contact information matching the network identifier; if no contact information is identified matching the network identifier, then displaying the network identifier; if contact information is identified in one contact record matching the network identifier, then displaying a name field from the one identified contact record; and if contact information is identified in more than one contact record matching the network identifier, then: determining if the network identifier is included in a home phone number field of the matching contact records; determining if the matching contact records each include a common last name field; and if the network identifier is included in the home phone number field of the matching contact records and the matching contact records each include a common last name field, then displaying in the common last name field.