System and method for generating a dynamic prioritized contact list

A computer-readable storage memory for generating a dynamic prioritized contact list for a communication device, comprising:

• determining a current time interval of a current day;
• accessing a communication history database, wherein the communication history database stores contact frequencies for past time intervals on the computing device;
• prioritizing contact identifiers based on the contact frequencies during each of the past time intervals that correspond to a same time period of the current time interval, wherein a contact identifier with the greatest contact frequency is indicated with a highest priority;
• and
• generating the prioritized contact list for the current time interval based on the prioritized contact identifiers determined from the past time intervals.

A communication device for providing a dynamic prioritized contact list to a user interface of the communication device, comprising:

• a communication history database configured to store contact identifiers of the communication device in association with a prior contact frequency and in association with a prior time interval;
• an appointment scheduler configured to store an appointment having at least one appointment scheduler contact assigned to the appointment;
• and
• a prioritized dynamic list generator configured to:
• access a clock to determine a current time interval,
• access the communication history database to determine a plurality of past time intervals that corresponds to the current time interval, each of the past time intervals being a predetermined amount of time,
• determine contact priority based on the prior contact frequency during the plurality of the past time intervals, wherein a contact identifier with the greatest contact frequency is indicated with a highest priority,
• generate a prioritized contact list based on the determined contact priority, wherein the contact identifier with the greatest contact frequency is indicated with the highest priority in the prioritized contact list,
• access the appointment scheduler to determine whether the appointment is within the current time interval;
• and
• adjust the priority to the at least one appointment scheduler contact assigned to the appointment, when the appointment is within the current time interval.