SYSTEM, METHOD, AND USER INTERFACE FOR SEARCHING FOR MESSAGES ASSOCIATED WITH A MESSAGE SERVICE ON A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20080102863A1
• Filed: 10/31/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Hardy, Michael Thomas, Bocking, Andrew Douglas
• Application Number:
  US11/554,989
• Publication Number:
  US 20080102863A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

Embodiments of a system, method, and user interface for searching for messages associated with a message service on mobile devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a messaging application is programmed such that, in operation, a user is presented with a search screen in which the user may define search parameters for a search. A search parameter associated with an option to search for messages associated with one or more message services (e.g. user message accounts) as identified by the user is provided.

Claims

1. A method of searching for messages associated with a message service on a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of search parameters in a search screen to a user, wherein one of said plurality of search parameters is associated with an option to search for messages associated with a specified message service on the mobile device;

receiving a request from the user to modify the value of the search parameter associated with the option to search for messages associated with a specified message service;

displaying one or more user-selectable message services in response to the request;

receiving input identifying a message service selected by the user from the displayed user-selectable message services;

executing a message search; and

displaying results of the message search in a search results screen, wherein messages associated with the message service selected by the user are identified by the message search.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at the step of displaying one or more user-selectable message services, only message services that are provisioned on the mobile device are displayed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more user-selectable message services comprises an item that represents all message services that are provisioned on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of search parameters is displayed to the user in a menu.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user-selectable message services is displayed to the user in a menu.

6. A computer-readable medium on which a plurality of executable instructions is stored, the instructions for performing the steps of the method of controlling the display of images on a mobile device as claimed in claim 1.

7. A system for searching messages associated with a message service on a mobile device, wherein the system comprises:

a processor;

a memory; and

a display screen;

wherein a messaging applications is executable by the processor; and

wherein the messaging application is programmed such that, in operation, the steps of the method as claimed in claim 1 are performed at the mobile device.