Patent ID: 7233650

Claim:
A method for managing caller identifiers, comprising: communicating a plurality of calls at a communication device, each call associated with a caller identifier; storing the caller identifiers associated with the plurality of calls in response to the communication; displaying an option to sort caller identifiers; in response to the user selecting the option to sort caller identifiers, displaying a plurality of sort commands on a user interface to a user of the communication device, the plurality of sort commands used to organize and display the caller identifiers, the plurality of sort commands comprising: a first sort command comprising: determining a count value for each caller identifier, the count value of a caller identifier describing a number of calls associated with the caller identifier; and arranging the caller identifiers in accordance with the count values; a second sort command comprising: determining a user name for each caller identifier; and arranging the caller identifiers in accordance with the user names; a third sort command comprises arranging the caller identifiers in numerical order; a fourth sort command comprising: determining a time and a date for each caller identifier; and arranging the caller identifiers in accordance with the times and the dates; and a fifth sort command comprising: determining an origin category for each caller identifier arranging the caller identifiers in accordance with the origin categories; receiving a sort command selected from the plurality of sort commands by the user; accessing the sort command at the communication device; organizing the caller identifiers in accordance with the sort command; and displaying at the communication device the organized caller identifiers to manage the caller identifiers.