Message filter program for a communication device

摘要

A communication device is configured to receive messages. The communication device may comprise a display screen upon which messages are displayed. A microprocessor configured to execute at least one message management program on the communication device, filters incoming messages. The message management program comprising a message filter application filters received messages based on a comparison of sender identification data associated with a received message to approved sender identification data.

主权项

1. A method in a communication device, the method comprising: providing a prompt for a user selection of a plurality of social networking data stores accessible via a communications network; wherein the prompt is operable to receive selection of two or more data stores from the plurality of social networking data stores; retrieving, via the communications network, contact list information based upon an account for the user at each of the two or more selected social networking data stores; and filtering incoming messages for the user based on the contact list information from the two or more selected social networking data stores; wherein said retrieving the contact list information includes retrieving a plurality of contact lists associated with each of the two or more selected social networking data stores, and wherein said filtering includes filtering the incoming messages based on a comparison of sender identification data for each incoming message to at least a portion of the plurality of contact lists.