SOCIAL CONTACT INFORMATION ORGANIZED IN A GRID LIKE VISUAL OBJECT

摘要

User interface to facilitate user management of contact information on computing devices. Contact information related to a software application is represented using a grid like visual object within a graphical user interface (GUI), or herein a “social grid”. A social grid includes a plurality of pictorial tiles, each representing a contact group, such as an individual, a group of individuals, or an external social network, etc. The social grid is customizable by user configurations and/or automatically based on a number of predefined factors, such as the number of individuals included in a group, the frequency of contacting a contact group, the user-indicated preference for a contact group, etc.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method of facilitating users to organize contact information on a computing device, said method comprising:
rendering an on-screen graphical user interface (GUI) for display on a display device associated with said computing device, wherein said on-screen GUI comprises a grid like visual object comprising a plurality of pictorial tiles arranged in a grid like pattern, wherein a respective pictorial tile represents a contact group comprising one or more social contacts related to an application program; and responsive to a first user interaction with said respective pictorial tile, selecting said one or more social contacts for an operation defined in said application program.