Patent ID: 8826160

Claim:
A system comprising: a data store for maintaining a subset of contacts selected at least in part by a user of a communications device, wherein the subset of user contacts includes a portion of contacts accessible by the communications device and wherein the subset of contacts includes a plurality of contacts; and at least one computing device comprising a processor and a user interface component, implemented by executing instructions on the processor, the user interface component in communication with the data store., and the at least one computing device operative to: cause the generation of a display on the communications device, the display including a graphical identifier associated with each contact of the subset of contacts; identify a preferred communication mode associated with a user contact corresponding to a selected graphical identifier from the graphical identifiers displayed on the communications device, wherein the preferred communication mode is pre-selected by the user and wherein the preferred communication mode associated with the user contact corresponding to the selected graphical identifier is different from a preferred communication mode associated with at least one of the other user contacts in the subset; and automatically initiate a communication corresponding to the preferred communication mode and directed to the user contact associated with the selected graphical identifier in response to selection by the user of a single input on the communication device, wherein the graphical identifiers associated with the subset of contacts are caused to be presented on the display in response to initiation of an idle screen state.