Patent ID: 8332471

Claim:
A system for managing relationships on a mobile device, the system comprising: a computer readable memory, a relationship database that is operable to store and retrieve computer-readable data; a message database that is operable to store and retrieve computer-readable data; executable instructions stored on the computer readable memory for implementing a relationship manager, capable of communicating relationship information updates with the mobile device, maintaining relationship information for a mobile device user in the relationship database, and propagating relationship information from the relationship database to a plurality of online services, wherein the relationship information maintained by the relationship manager includes at least one of a contact database, an email database, and an instant message contact list; executable instructions stored on the computer readable memory for implementing a messaging manager, capable of communicating message information updates with the mobile device, relaying multicast messages to a plurality of online services, retrieving messages from a plurality of online services and storing the retrieved messages in the message database; and executable instructions stored on the computer memory for prompting the mobile device user with a recommendation to form a relationship, wherein the prompting is based at least in part on at least one of geospatial proximity, social proximity, and temporal proximity.