Identifying and displaying a set of high priority contacts on a display device

An apparatus for identifying and displaying a set of high priority contacts on a display device associated with an end user device, comprising:

• a) at least one processor;
• b) at least one input device;
• and
• c) at least one storage device storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method including
• (1) retrieving high priority contact list configuration settings that include one or more criteria for identifying a set of high priority contacts from a contact list having a plurality of contacts;
• (2) determining whether information associated with one or more of the plurality of contacts meets the one or more criteria retrieved;
• (3) identifying the one or more of the plurality of contacts that meet the one or more criteria as a set of one or more high priority contacts, wherein at least one contact is identified as a high priority contact based on criteria selected from the group consisting of a calling frequency, a calendar date, a calling pattern and a location;
• and
• (4) displaying the set of one or more high priority contacts in a high priority contact list on the display device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer instructions that, when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform a method for displaying and accessing contacts in a contact list on a display device, comprising:

• retrieving high priority contact list configuration settings that include one or more criteria for identifying a set of high priority contacts from a contact list having a plurality of contacts;
• determining whether information associated with one or more of the plurality of contacts meets the one or more criteria retrieved;
• identifying the one or more of the plurality of contacts that meet the one or more criteria as a set of one or more high priority contacts, wherein at least one contact is identified as a high priority contact based on criteria selected from the group consisting of a calling frequency, a calendar date, a calling pattern and a location;
• and
• displaying the set of one or more high priority contacts in a high priority contact list on the display device.

A computer-implemented method for identifying and displaying a set of high priority contacts on a display device associated with an end user device, the method comprising:

• retrieving high priority contact list configuration settings that include one or more criteria for identifying a set of high priority contacts from a contact list having a plurality of contacts;
• determining whether information associated with one or more of the plurality of contacts meets the one or more criteria retrieved;
• receiving one of social network information or calendar information associated with one or more of the plurality of contacts;
• identifying the one or more of the plurality of contacts that meet the one or more criteria as a set of one or more high priority contacts, wherein at least one contact is identified as a high priority contact based on the social network information or calendar information;
• and
• displaying the set of one or more high priority contacts in a high priority contact list on the display device.