ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20090037842A1
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Tysowski, Piotr K.
• Application Number:
  US11/830,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20090037842A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A method of controlling an electronic device includes executing one of a calendar application and a message application and providing a respective one of a calendar user interface and a messaging user interface, receiving a view command from a user input of the electronic device in the one of the calendar user interface and the messaging user interface, the view command relating to a time period, executing the other of the calendar application and the message application in response to receipt of the view command, and displaying a respective one of a calendar application view and a message application view based on the time period.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

executing one of a calendar application and a message application and providing a respective one of a calendar user interface and a messaging user interface;

receiving a view command from a user input of the electronic device in said one of said calendar user interface and said messaging user interface, said view command relating to a time period;

executing the other of the calendar application and the message application in response to receipt of the view command; and

displaying a respective one of a calendar application view and a message application view based on said time period.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a command to exit said one of said calendar application view and said message application view and returning to said one of said calendar user interface and said messaging user interface.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein executing one of a calendar application and a message application and providing a respective one of a calendar user interface and a messaging user interface comprises executing the calendar application and providing the calendar user interface, receiving comprises receiving an electronic message view command relating to a calendar time period in the calendar user interface, said executing the other of the calendar application and the message application comprises executing the message application, and displaying comprises displaying a list of ones of electronic messages that meet a set of time constraints based on the calendar time period.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein receiving an electronic message view command comprises receiving a selection of one of a day and a week in the calendar user interface, and said message view command relates to said one of said day and said week.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein receiving an electronic message view command comprises receiving one of a user-selectable option to view electronic mail from a selected day, and a user-selectable option to view electronic mail from a week including the selected day.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein displaying a list of ones of the electronic messages comprises displaying ones of the electronic messages received between a start and an end of said one of said day and said week.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein displaying a list of ones of the electronic messages comprises displaying ones of the electronic messages sent between a start and an end of said one of said day and said week.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein executing one of a calendar application and a message application and providing a respective one of a calendar user interface and a messaging user interface comprises executing the message application and providing the messaging user interface, receiving comprises receiving a calendar view command relating to a time period that includes a time of an electronic message from said messaging user interface, executing comprises executing the calendar application, and displaying comprises displaying a calendar view including said time period.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein receiving a calendar view command comprises receiving a selection of said electronic message.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein receiving a calendar view command comprises receiving one of a user-selectable option to view a day that includes the time of the electronic message and a user-selectable option to view a week that includes the time of the electronic message.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein receiving a calendar view command comprises receiving a selection of a date from an electronic message list.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein receiving a calendar view command comprises receiving one of a user-selectable option to view a day in the calendar view that corresponds to the date and a user-selectable option to view a week that includes the date.

15. A computer program product for controlling an electronic device, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for implementing in an electronic device the method of claim 1.

16. A computer program product for controlling an electronic device, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for implementing in an electronic device the method of claim 2.

17. A computer program product for controlling an electronic device, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for implementing in an electronic device the method of claim 3.

18. A computer program product for controlling an electronic device, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for implementing in an electronic device the method of claim 8.

13. An electronic device having a calendar application and email capability, the electronic device comprising:

a display device;

a user input device; and

a processor connected to said display device and said user input device, said processor operable to execute one of a calendar application and a message application and provide a respective one of a calendar user interface and a messaging user interface via said display device, to receive a view command from said user input device in said one of said calendar user interface and said messaging user interface, said view command relating to a time period, and to execute the other of the calendar application and the message application in response to receipt of the view command and to cause the display device to display a respective one of a calendar application view and a message application view based on said time period.

14. (canceled)