Patent ID: 8346307

Claim:
A method of displaying contact information on a mobile communication device, the method comprising: storing statistical information pertaining to communications between the mobile communication device and a plurality of contacts, wherein the mobile communication device is one of a plurality of communication devices to which the plurality of contacts have been distributed; displaying, on the mobile communication device, a plurality of output formats for the plurality of contacts, wherein the plurality of output formats are based on the stored statistical information; receiving an indication of a desired output format corresponding to a particular type of the stored statistical information and a selection of a group of contacts from the plurality of contacts for display, the stored statistical information including a total number of communications with each contact and a total length of time of the total number of communications during the life of the mobile communication device, the number being updated in response to a communication between the mobile communication device and a respective contact; and displaying, on the mobile communication device, the contact information corresponding to the selected group of contacts ordered by the particular type of the stored statistical information.