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. A user of a communication system is allowed to organize their contacts in their contact...http://www.google.com/patents/US20090089316?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20090089316 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING CONTACT LISTS QUICKLY - BY GROUP NAME, TAGS AND/OR METADATA