Method and system for searching contact lists quickly—by group name, tags and/or metadata

摘要

A method and system for searching contact lists quickly, that provides searching of a contact list by user defined group names, attributes, and/or system defined metadata regarding contacts, groups and/or attributes. The visual display of contacts within the user's contact list user interface display may be configured to visually organize contacts into the groups they belong to, and/or to display the attributes associated with groups and/or contacts within the top level contact list display. Group and/or contact attributes may alternatively be accessed by selecting (e.g. clicking on) a group or contact. A quick search feature is provided that allows the contact list to be searched based on group name, attribute, and/or contact name, as well as based on group, contact and/or attribute metadata.

主权项

1. A method of providing quick searching of a contact list for an electronic communication system, comprising:
displaying a contact list search user interface display object to a user, said contact list search user interface display object including a plurality of independently selectable search options including a search contacts by attributes search option and a search groups by attributes search option; displaying, responsive to said user selecting said search contacts by attributes search option, a user interface object enabling said user to search attributes associated with contacts in said contacts list to generate a result set of contacts having attributes matching a search query; and displaying, responsive to said user selecting said search groups by attributes search option, a user interface object enabling said user to search attributes associated with groups in said contacts list to generate a result set of groups having attributes matching a search query.