Speed-dial and speed-contact with predictive logic

Abstract

A method for predicting by a user's mobile phone to whom a phone call is being made, including identifying, by a user's mobile phone, at least one file being browsed by the mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone is operable to browse files, each file having one or more contacts associated therewith, when the mobile phone is currently browsing at least one specific file and the user is currently making a phone call, then predicting by the mobile phone that the user is calling a contact associated with the at least one specific file, and facilitating the user's making a phone call to one or more of the predicted contacts.

1 . A method for predicting by a user's mobile phone to whom a phone call is being made, comprising:
 identifying, by a user's mobile phone, at least one file being browsed by the mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone is operable to browse files, each file having one or more contacts associated therewith;   when the mobile phone is currently browsing at least one specific file and the user is currently making a phone call, then predicting by the mobile phone that the user is calling a contact associated with the at least one specific file; and   facilitating the user's making a phone call to one or more of the predicted contacts.   
     
     
         2 .- 9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said predicting comprises consulting at least one of the user's social networks. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said facilitating comprises:
 presenting a scrollable display list of the predicted contacts; and 
 dialing a contact's phone number in response to user selection of that contact from the display list. 
 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said facilitating comprises:
 presenting a list of key codes assigned to each of the predicted contacts; and 
 dialing a contact's phone number in response to user pressing of that contact's assigned key code. 
 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said facilitating comprises:
 presenting a list of key codes assigned to each of the predicted contacts; and 
 dialing a contact's phone number in response to user speaking of that contact's assigned key code. 
 
     
     
         14 . A mobile phone with prediction to whom a phone call is being made, comprising:
 a file identifier for identifying at least one file being browsed by a user's mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone is operable to browse files, each file having one or more contacts associated therewith;   a contact predictor, coupled with said state file identifier, for predicting, when the mobile phone is currently browsing at least one specific file and the user is currently making a phone call, that the user is calling a contact associated with the at least one specific file; and   a call facilitator, coupled with said contact predictor, for facilitating making a phone call to one or more of the predicted contacts.   
     
     
         15 .- 22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . The mobile phone of  claim 14  wherein said contact predictor consults at least one of the user's social networks. 
     
     
         24 . The mobile phone of  claim 14  wherein said call facilitator (i) presents a scrollable display list of predicted contacts, and (ii) dials a contact's phone number in response to user selection of that contact from the display list. 
     
     
         25 . The mobile phone of  claim 14  wherein said call facilitator (i) presents a list of key codes assigned to each of the predicted contacts, and (ii) dials a contact's phone number in response to user pressing of that contact's assigned key code. 
     
     
         26 . The mobile phone of  claim 14  wherein said call facilitator (i) presents a list of key codes assigned to each of the predicted contacts, and (ii) dials a contact's phone number in response to user speaking of that contact's assigned key code. 
     
     
         27 . A method for predicting by a user's mobile communicator to whom a message is being composed, comprising:
 identifying, by a user's mobile communicator, at least one file being browsed by the mobile communicator, wherein the mobile communicator is operable to browse files, each file having one or more contacts associated therewith;   when the mobile communicator is currently browsing at least one specific file and the user is currently composing a message, then predicting by the mobile communicator that the user is composing the message for one or more contacts associated with the at least one specific file; and   facilitating designating one or more of the predicted contacts as recipients of the message being composed by the user.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 27  wherein the message being composed by the user is an e-mail message or an SMS message or an MMS message. 
     
     
         29 .- 30 . (canceled) 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 27  wherein said facilitating comprises:
 presenting a scrollable display list of the predicted contacts; and 
 designating a contact as being a recipient of the message being composed by the user, in response to user selection of that contact from the display list. 
 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 27  wherein said facilitating comprises:
 presenting a list of key codes assigned to each of the predicted contacts; and 
 designating a contact as being a recipient of the message being composed by the user, in response to user pressing of that contact's assigned key code. 
 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 27  wherein said facilitating comprises:
 presenting a list of key codes assigned to each of the predicted contacts; and 
 designating a contact as being a recipient of the message being composed by the user, in response to user speaking of that contact's assigned key code. 
 
     
     
         34 . A mobile communicator with prediction for whom a message is being composed, comprising:
 a message editor for composing, by a user, a message to be sent from the user's mobile communicator to one or more recipients, wherein the mobile communicator is operable to browse files, each file having one or more contacts associated therewith;   a file identifier for identifying at least one file being browsed by the mobile communicator;   a recipient predictor, coupled with said file identifier, for predicting, when the mobile communicator is currently browsing at least one specific file and said message editor is currently composing a message, that the user is composing the message for one or more of the contacts associated with the at least one specific file; and   a message facilitator, coupled with said message editor and said recipient predictor, for facilitating the user's designating one or more of the predicted contacts as being recipients of the message being composed by said message editor.   
     
     
         35 . The mobile communicator of  claim 34  wherein said message editor is an e-mail editor or an SMS message editor or an MMS message editor. 
     
     
         36 .- 37 . (canceled) 
     
     
         38 . The mobile communicator of  claim 34  wherein said call facilitator (i) presents a scrollable display list of the predicted contacts, and (ii) designates a contact as being a recipient of the message being composed by the user, in response to user selection of that contact from the display list. 
     
     
         39 . The mobile communicator of  claim 34  wherein said call facilitator (i) presents a list of key codes assigned to each of the predicted contacts, and (ii) designates a contact as being a recipient of the message being composed by the user, in response to user pressing of that contact's assigned key code. 
     
     
         40 . The mobile communicator of  claim 34  wherein said call facilitator (i) presents a list of key codes assigned to each of the predicted contacts, and (ii) designates a contact as being a recipient of the message being composed by the user, in response to user speaking of that contact's assigned key code. 
     
     
         41 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the mobile phone browses image files, and wherein the contacts associated with image files are people in the images. 
     
     
         42 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the mobile phone browses document files, and wherein the contacts associated with document files are authors of the documents. 
     
     
         43 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the mobile phone browses media files, and wherein the contacts associated with media files are people who sent the files. 
     
     
         44 . The mobile phone of  claim 14  wherein the mobile phone browses image files, and wherein the contacts associated with image files are people in the images. 
     
     
         45 . The mobile phone of  claim 14  wherein the mobile phone browses document files, and wherein the contacts associated with document files are authors of the documents. 
     
     
         46 . The mobile phone of  claim 14  wherein the mobile phone browses media files, and wherein the contacts associated with media files are people who sent the files. 
     
     
         47 . The method of  claim 27  wherein the mobile communicator browses image files, and wherein the contacts associated with image files are people in the images. 
     
     
         48 . The method of  claim 27  wherein the mobile communicator browses document files, and wherein the contacts associated with document files are authors of the documents. 
     
     
         49 . The method of  claim 27  wherein the mobile communicator browses media files, and wherein the contacts associated with media files are people who sent the files. 
     
     
         50 . The mobile communicator of  claim 34  wherein the mobile communicator browses image files, and wherein the contacts associated with image files are people in the images. 
     
     
         51 . The mobile communicator of  claim 34  wherein the mobile communicator browses document files, and wherein the contacts associated with document files are authors of the documents. 
     
     
         52 . The mobile communicator of  claim 34  wherein the mobile communicator browses media files, and wherein the contacts associated with media files are people who sent the files.