Patent ID: 7280652

Claim:
A method of providing a call log on a handheld electronic device having an address book application storing a plurality of entries, said method comprising: storing in a memory call related information for a plurality of outgoing and incoming phone calls, each of said phone calls being associated with one of a plurality of phone numbers, one or more of said phone numbers not being included in any of said entries of said address book application; compiling a list of call log phone calls, said call log phone calls being a single one of said phone calls for every one of said phone numbers for which call related information is stored in said memory, one or more of said every one of said phone numbers not being included in any of said entries of said address book application, said single one of said phone calls for said each one of said phone numbers being the most recent in time phone call associated with said one of said phone numbers; compiling, for each of said phone numbers, a listing of every one of said phone calls having call related information stored in said memory that was placed to and received from the phone number; displaying said list of call log phone calls; and when a selected one of said call log phone calls is selected from said list of call log phone calls, displaying at least part of the listing that was compiled for the phone number associated with the selected one of said call log phone calls.