User Interface and Method for Viewing Short Messages on a Wireless Device
First Claim
1. A method of operating a wireless device, the method comprisingstoring transmitted and received electronic messages in a memory of the wireless device;
- operating on a current electronic message;
identifying at least one related message from the stored electronic messages having an outside address that matches an outside address of the current electronic message, the outside address of the current electronic message and the outside address of the select message comprising matching telephone numbers; and
displaying the at least one related message in context with the current electronic message in a message viewer.
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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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39 Claims
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1. A method of operating a wireless device, the method comprising
storing transmitted and received electronic messages in a memory of the wireless device; -
operating on a current electronic message; identifying at least one related message from the stored electronic messages having an outside address that matches an outside address of the current electronic message, the outside address of the current electronic message and the outside address of the select message comprising matching telephone numbers; and displaying the at least one related message in context with the current electronic message in a message viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wireless device comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a message viewer; and a message software interface module stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the message software interface module configured to; store transmitted and received electronic messages in the memory; operate on a current electronic message; identify at least one related message from the stored electronic messages having an outside address that matches an outside address of the current electronic message, the outside address of the current electronic message and the outside address of the select message comprising matching telephone numbers; and display the at least one related message in context with the current electronic message in the message viewer. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer readable media comprising computer instructions executable by a processor for operating a wireless device, the computer instructions configured to:
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store transmitted and received electronic messages in a memory of the wireless device; operating on a current electronic message; identify at least one related message from the stored electronic messages having an outside address that matches an outside address of the current electronic message, the outside address of the current electronic message and the outside address of the select message comprising matching telephone numbers; and display the at least one related message in context with the current electronic message in a message viewer.
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