Patent ID: 7047030

Claim:
A group communication method for a wireless information device that enables communications to be sent and received between several wireless information devices operated by end-users that form a group of end-users, the group being a sub-set of the end-users for whom the device stores contact information; in which the method comprises the steps of: (a) the end-user of the device defining the identities of end-users that form the group; (b) a group object being constructed that defines or references members of the group in a way that enables communication to take place from the device and all other members of the group; (c) the group object being used by a first application running on the device to enable communication from the device to be made automatically to all members of the group; (d) the group object being used by a second application running on the device, unrelated to the first application, to enable communication from the device to be made automatically to all members of the group.