METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SESSION PLACEHOLDER FOR MESSAGE COLLECTION USER INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A machine readable medium having program code executable in a computer processor for implementing a method of listing messages, the program code comprising:
- code for listing messages comprising displaying a dynamic session placeholder in a message list, the dynamic session placeholder representing a conversation of messages.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for representing a conversation of related messages is provided. In a message collection user interface for displaying messages sent and received by a communications device, a dynamic session placeholder is used for a respective conversation of related messages. The message collection user interface is displayed including any dynamic session placeholders in the list of messages. As messages from the conversation are occasioned, the dynamic session placeholder is updated. When the message collection is displayed, it is displayed in accordance with the updated session placeholder.
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30 Claims
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1. A machine readable medium having program code executable in a computer processor for implementing a method of listing messages, the program code comprising:
code for listing messages comprising displaying a dynamic session placeholder in a message list, the dynamic session placeholder representing a conversation of messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- 11. A method of listing messages comprising displaying a dynamic session placeholder in a message list, the dynamic session placeholder representing a conversation of messages.
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21. An apparatus for communicating messages, the apparatus comprising:
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a communications subsystem for sending and receiving messages; a display screen and one or more input devices for receiving input from a user; a storage device for storing instructions and data; and a processor coupled to the display screen, storage device and communications subsystem, the storage device storing instructions and data to configure the processor to; list messages comprising displaying a dynamic session placeholder in a message list, the dynamic session placeholder representing a conversation of messages. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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