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You enter a meeting.  Your ex-girlfriend tries to call, and your phone automatically filters the call.  Your roommate tries to call, and again,  your phone automatically filters the call.  Then your boss calls, and immediately your phone begins to ring.  That’s Palm’s patent application 11/863,174 in action.  By allowing you to set a priority for each person in your contact list, and setting the priority threshold for each appointment in your calendar, Palm will allow you to filter out non-priority calls.  Or you can set it up by time, so that you can filter out middle of the night calls from your drunk friends.  Sounds like a great idea, unless you’re Mary.