Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media facilitating information retrieval for a communication device

• US 10,484,330 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2017
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Swink, Cristy, Sikes, Jason, Fineman, Benjamin, Snydal, Jonathan Solis, Knight, Megan Elisabeth
• Primary Examiner(s): Fibbi, Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US15/426,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20170149953A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 : for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A method can include detecting a selection of an item, the item being displayed via user interface (UI), searching for information associated with the item for which selection is detected, wherein the searching is performed automatically based, at least, upon the detecting the selection of the item; and displaying search results, via the UI, wherein the displaying the search results is performed automatically during the selection of the item. In some embodiments, the search results comprise at least one of: a voicemail, a number of voicemails, messaging details, a portion of text, contacts information or social media information associated with the item for which selection is detected.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

maintaining, by a communication device comprising a processor, a display of a group of text messages via a first interface at a first location, and performing the maintaining while initiating, by the communication device, a concurrent display of a second interface, wherein the display of the first interface is moved to a second location, different than the first location, to provide space for the second interface in a region that is non-overlapping with the first interface, and wherein the group of text messages comprises a selected text message; and

displaying, by the communication device, a search result within the second interface, wherein the search result comprises numerical information indicative of a count of unread voicemails associated with a sender identity determined to be associated with the selected text message, wherein the concurrent display is initiated in response to a first selection of the selected text message, and wherein the concurrent display of the second interface is removed from being displayed in response to a second selection of the selected text message resulting in the first interface returning to the first location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the communication device, the first selection of the selected text message comprises detecting a scroll command associated with scrolling to the selected text message of the group of text messages.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the scrolling is a vertical scrolling to the selected text message.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in response to the detecting of the first selection of the selected text message searching, by the communication device, for information associated with the selected text message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result further comprises a portion of text associated with the selected text message.

6. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

maintaining a first display of a group of social networking messages at a first location via a first interface, and performing the maintaining while initiating a second display of a second interface that is concurrent with the first display, wherein the first display of the first interface is moved to a second location, different than the first location, to create space for the second interface in a region that is non-overlapping with the first interface, wherein the group of social networking messages comprises a selected social networking message; and

displaying a search result within the second interface, wherein the search result comprises numerical information indicative of a number of unread voicemails associated with a sender identity determined to be associated with the selected social networking message, wherein second display is initiated in response to a first selection of the selected social networking message, and wherein the second display of the second interface is removed in response to a second selection of the selected social networking message resulting in the first interface returning to the first location.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the first selection of the selected social networking message comprises:

a scrolling to the selected social networking message of the group of social networking messages.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the scrolling is a vertical scrolling.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:

searching for information associated with the selected social networking message, and wherein the searching is performed in response to the first selection of the selected social networking message being detected.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the search result further comprises a portion of text associated with the selected social networking message.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the selected social networking message is a first selected social networking message, and wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting a third selection of a second selected social networking message from the group of social networking messages.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the second selected social networking message is a social media feed and the first selected social networking message comprises a comment.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

displaying a group of social networking messages, comprising a selected social networking message, via a first interface of a display at a first location;

displaying a second interface of the display concurrently with the displaying of the group of social networking messages via the first interface, comprising moving the displaying of the group of social networking messages via the first interface to a second location, different than the first location, to enable space for the second interface in a region that does not overlap with the first interface; and

displaying a search result within the second interface, wherein the search result comprises numerical information indicative of a count of unread voicemails associated with a sender identity determined to be associated with the selected social networking message, wherein the displaying the second interface concurrently with the first interface is performed in response to a first interaction determined to have occurred with respect to the selected social networking message, wherein the second interface is removed from being displayed concurrently with the first interface in response to a second interaction determined to have occurred with respect to the selected social networking message, and wherein the first interface returns to the first location in response to the second interaction with the selected social networking message.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first interaction with the selected social networking message comprises a scrolling to the selected social networking message of the group of social networking messages.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the scrolling is a scrolling in a vertical direction with respect to the display.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the search result further comprises a portion of text associated with the selected social networking message.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

searching for information associated with the selected social networking message.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the searching is performed in response to the first interaction with respect to the selected social networking message.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the selected social networking message is a first selected social networking message, and wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting a third interaction with a second selected social networking message from the group of social networking messages.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the second selected social networking message is a news feed and the first selected social networking message is associated with a social media application that provides a social media feed.