USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR VIEWING SHORT MESSAGES ON A WIRELESS DEVICE
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1. A method, performed by an electronic communication device, comprising:
- storing electronic messages received by the electronic communication device;
storing indexing data for determining whether a stored message is related to a current message, the indexing data including a time stamp indicated when the stored message was received by the electronic communication device;
displaying a current electronic message to a user of the communication device;
assessing the relevance of each of the stored messages to the current message based on the indexing data, andselecting messages that include indexing data within a predetermined chronological proximity of the indexing data of the current message, said chronological proximity based on a difference in chronological ranking between the respective assessed message and the current message, said chronological ranking defining the chronological order in which messages are stored; and
displaying the selected electronic messages along with the current message.
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Abstract
A method is performed by an electronic communication device. The method includes storing electronic messages, and storing criteria for determining whether a stored message is related to a current message. A current electronic message is displayed to a user of the communication device, including the current message'"'"'s outside address and message body. The relevance of each of the stored messages to the current message is assessed based on the previously-stored criteria. Those messages that meet the criteria are selected and displayed along with the current message.
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27 Claims
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1. A method, performed by an electronic communication device, comprising:
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storing electronic messages received by the electronic communication device; storing indexing data for determining whether a stored message is related to a current message, the indexing data including a time stamp indicated when the stored message was received by the electronic communication device; displaying a current electronic message to a user of the communication device; assessing the relevance of each of the stored messages to the current message based on the indexing data, and selecting messages that include indexing data within a predetermined chronological proximity of the indexing data of the current message, said chronological proximity based on a difference in chronological ranking between the respective assessed message and the current message, said chronological ranking defining the chronological order in which messages are stored; and displaying the selected electronic messages along with the current message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of operating a wireless device, comprising
storing short messaging service (SMS) messages on the wireless device; -
displaying, on a viewing screen of the wireless device, a current SMS message; the wireless device selecting one of the stored SMS messages having indexing data that is within a predefined proximity of indexing data of the current SMS message, the indexing data of the current SMS message and the indexing data of the selected SMS message including a time stamp; and displaying, on the viewing screen of the wireless device, the selected SMS message along with the current SMS message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A wireless device, comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a viewing screen; and a message software interface module stored on the wireless device and executable by the processor, the message software interface module configured to; store short messaging service (SMS) messages in the memory; display a current SMS message on the viewing screen; and display a select one of the stored SMS messages on the viewing screen along with the current SMS message, the select SMS message including indexing data that is within a predefined proximity of indexing data of the current SMS message, the indexing data of the current SMS message and the indexing data of the selected SMS message including time and date information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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