MOBILE PHONE AND COMPUTER MESSAGE SYSTEM

• US 20090327439A1
• Filed: 06/25/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tracy M. Heims
• Original Assignee: Tracy M. Heims
• Inventors: Heims, Tracy M.
• Application Number:
  US12/492,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20090327439A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A computer and mobile phone user interface system that includes a computer, a mobile phone, and a messaging system where the messaging system displays messages on both the computer and on the mobile phone that notify the user as to from where the messages were opened or sent and that further deletes messages from the mobile phone when they are deleted from the computer.

Claims

1. A computer and mobile phone user interface system comprising:

a computer,

a mobile phone,

a messaging system that displays messages on both said computer and said mobile phone that notify said user as to from where the messages were opened or sent.

2. The user interface system of claim 1 that deletes messages from said mobile phone when messages are deleted from said computer.

3. The user interface system of claim 2 that deletes messages from said computer when messages are deleted from said mobile phone.

4. The user interface system of claim 3 that further includes a sent box on said mobile phone such that sent items can be separately stored in said sent box.

5. The user interface system of claim 4 where the notification system uses icons.

6. The user interface system of claim 5 where the notification system icons are different colors to represent message status.

7. A computer and mobile phone user software for enabling the user interaction between said phone and said computer configured to:

display messages on both said phone and on said computer that notify said user as to from where said messages were opened or sent.

8. The software of claim 7 that deletes messages from mobile phone when messages are deleted from said computer.

9. The software of claim 8 that deletes messages from said computer when messages are deleted from said mobile phone.

10. The software of claim 9 that further includes a sent box on said mobile phone such that sent items can be separately stored in said sent box.

11. The software of claim 10 where icons are used to represent message status.

12. The software of claim 11 where said icons are different colors to represent message status.

13. A method of improved handling of messages by a message program comprising the step of:

displaying notification icons on both a computer system and a mobile device that tells a user from where said message was opened or sent.

14. The method of claim 13 that further deletes messages from said mobile device when messages are deleted from said computer.

15. The method of claim 14 that further deletes messages from said computer when messages are deleted from said mobile device.

16. The method of claim 15 that further includes a sent box on said mobile phone such that sent items can be separately stored in said sent box.

17. The method of claim 16 where icons are used to represent message status.

18. The method of claim 17 where said icons are different colors to represent message status.