Patent ID: 8897823

Claim:
A method for use in a mobile station operable in a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising: storing in a memory of the mobile station contact list information, wherein the contact list information comprises, for each listed contact, a name and at least one type of message service identifier for communicating with the listed contact, a listing of the types of messages the contact can receive, wherein the mobile station includes a display for displaying the contact list information, and wherein the contact list includes at least one graphical image corresponding to a message service and indicating a type of message that can be sent to a contact on the contact list using the message service, wherein the graphical image changes in appearance to indicate a status of the contact on the message service, the status specifying whether or not the contact on the contact list is able to receive the type of message indicated by the graphical image; accessing the contact list information from the memory; and displaying the contact list.