Patent ID: 8238531

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: generating, by a computer system, a group of telephone contacts for a first user that is associated with a first telephone device, wherein the generating comprises: identifying, by the computer system, a second user as a contact of the first user based upon a determination that the second user has at least a threshold email-based association with the first user; and in response to identifying the second user as a contact of the first user based on the at least a threshold email-based association between the first user and the second user, adding, by the computer system, a telephone contact for the identified second user to the group of telephone contacts for the first user, such that the telephone contact for the second user includes a telephone number of a second telephone device that is associated with the second user; receiving, at the computer system, a first request to connect the first telephone device associated with the first user to the second telephone device associated with the second user; identifying, by the computer system, the telephone number of the second telephone device using the generated group of telephone contacts for the first user; and initiating, by the computer system, a connection between the first telephone device and the second telephone device using the identified telephone number.