Patent ID: 8634875

Claim:
A method for managing contact entries of an address book in a mobile communication device including a memory and a display, the method comprising: displaying a list of contact entries on the display; displaying an option soft key on the display; receiving a selection of the option soft key; displaying a plurality of modes in response to said selection; activating a multiple contact selection mode of the displayed plurality of modes that enables manipulation of the multiple contact selection mode for the address book; displaying a selection indicator corresponding to each contact entry of said contact entries displayed on the display, the selection indicator comprising a toggle value indicating whether the contact corresponding to the selection indicator has been selected, wherein the selection indicator is displayed regardless of whether the contact has been selected or not, and further wherein the selection indicator corresponding to each contact entry of said contact entries is not displayed when the multiple contact selection mode is not active; receiving a plurality of inputs, wherein each input of said plurality of inputs is associated with selecting a particular toggle value for a particular contact entry of said contact entries; receiving a command input to execute a function on the address book, wherein the command input is associated with the plurality of inputs; and executing the function associated with the command input for the plurality of inputs.