Patent Document ID: 9325823
Application ID: 12339643
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: associating a plurality of graphical images with a plurality of contacts in a device having contact management functionality; displaying the plurality of graphical images having relative sizes based on a relative importance or priority of the plurality of contacts associated therewith, wherein the relative sizes are determined based on direct user interaction with the plurality of graphical images, and wherein displaying the plurality of graphical images further includes: associating a plurality of communications types with a respective plurality of graphical icons, identifying a plurality of communications associated with one of the plurality of contacts during a time period, determining one of the plurality of communications types associated with each of the plurality of communications, modifying, for each of the plurality of communications, a copy of one of the plurality of graphical images for the contact to include one of the plurality of graphical icons for the one of the plurality of communications types associated with the communication, and displaying a stack that includes the modified copies of the graphical image, wherein displaying the stack includes presenting for display a portion of each of the modified copies; receiving a user selection of a first one of the plurality of graphical images, wherein the first one of the plurality of graphical images is associated with a first contact of the plurality of contacts; and initiating a first voice-based communication with the first contact.