RECIPIENT CHANGE NOTIFICATION

• US 20120023174A1
• Filed: 07/23/2010
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: TU, Van Quy
• Granted Patent: US 8,521,822 B2
• 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 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

An electronic communication device may, perhaps with the assistance of a mobile device server, determining that a new electronic message received by the device is part of a message thread that includes the new message and at least one prior electronic message previously received at the device. A comparison may be made of address information of the new message with address information of the at least one prior electronic message in the message thread to determine that there has been a change in addressed recipients between the new message and the at least one prior electronic message. The device may then notify a user of the device of the change.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a server, a new message having an incomplete list of recipient addresses, said new message identifiable as belonging to a common thread;

determining that said list of recipient addresses is incomplete;

responsive to said determining, transmitting a request, to said server, for a complete list of recipients;

receiving a response from said server, said response including said complete list of recipients;

processing said complete list of recipients to detect that said new message includes a change in recipient addresses relative to at least one message in said set of messages in said thread;

receiving a request to display said new message; and

notifying, responsive to said receiving said request to display, that said new message includes said change in recipient addresses.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said determining that said list of recipient addresses is incomplete comprises determining that a header for said message includes an indication that said list of recipient addresses is incomplete.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said processing said complete list of recipients comprises determining that said message includes an additional recipient address.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said notifying comprises displaying a dialog.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said dialog identifies said additional recipient address.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said processing said complete list of recipients comprises determining that a recipient address has not been included in said message.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said notifying comprises displaying a dialog.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said dialog identifies said recipient address that has not been included in said message.

9. An electronic communications device comprising:

a display;

a user input device;

a communications system adapted to receive, over a communications network, messages having at least one recipient address;

a memory adapted to store the messages received through the communications system; and

a processor capable of;

receive, through the communications system and from a server, a new message having an incomplete list of recipient addresses, said new message identifiable as belonging to a common thread of messages;

determine that said list of recipient addresses is incomplete;

transmit a request, to said server, for a complete list of recipients;

receive a response from said server, said response including said complete list of recipients;

process said complete list of recipients to detect that said new message includes a change in recipient addresses relative to at least one message in said set of messages in said thread;

receive a request to display said new message; and

notify that said new message includes said change in recipient addresses.

10. A computer readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processing apparatus, cause the processing apparatus to:

receive, from a server, a new message having an incomplete list of recipient addresses, said new message identifiable as belonging to a common thread;

determine that said list of recipient addresses is incomplete;

transmit a request, to said server, for a complete list of recipients;

receive a response from said server, said response including said complete list of recipients;

process said complete list of recipients to detect that said new message includes a change in recipient addresses relative to at least one message in said set of messages in said thread;

receive a request to display said new message; and

notify that said new message includes said change in recipient addresses.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, from a server, a new message having an incomplete list of recipient addresses, said new message identifiable as belonging to a common thread;

transmitting a request, to said server, for recipient change processing;

receiving a response from said server, said response including an indication of a change in recipient addresses; and

notifying, responsive to said receiving said response, that said new message includes said change in recipient addresses.

12. An electronic communications device comprising:

a display;

a user input device;

a communications system adapted to receive, over a communications network, messages having at least one recipient address;

a memory adapted to store the messages received through the communications system; and

a processor capable of;

receive, from a server, a new message having an incomplete list of recipient addresses, said new message identifiable as belonging to a common thread;

transmit a request, to said server, for recipient change processing;

receive a response from said server, said response including an indication of a change in recipient addresses; and

notify, responsive to said receiving said response, that said new message includes said change in recipient addresses.

13. A computer readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processing apparatus, cause the processing apparatus to:

receive, from a server, a new message having an incomplete list of recipient addresses, said new message identifiable as belonging to a common thread;

transmit a request, to said server, for recipient change processing;

receive a response from said server, said response including an indication of a change in recipient addresses; and

notify, responsive to said receiving said response, that said new message includes said change in recipient addresses.

14. A method comprising:

receiving, from an electronic communications device, a request for changed recipient notification for a given message, said given message identifiable as belonging to a common thread;

processing said request;

responsive to said processing, generating a recipient change response, said recipient change response including an indication of a change in recipient addresses; and

transmitting, to said electronic communications device, said recipient change response.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said processing said request comprises determining that said given message includes an additional recipient address.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said recipient change response identifies said additional recipient address.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein said processing said request comprises determining that a recipient address has not been included in said given message.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein said recipient change response identifies said recipient address that has not been included in said given message.

19. An electronic communications device comprising:

a communications system adapted to receive, over a communications network, messages;

a memory adapted to store the messages received through the communications system; and

a processor adapted to;

receive, from an electronic communications device, a request for changed recipient notification for a given message, said given message identifiable as belonging to a common thread;

process said request;

generate a recipient change response, said recipient change response including an indication of a change in recipient addresses; and

transmit, to said electronic communications device, said recipient change response.

20. A computer readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processing apparatus, cause the processing apparatus to:

receive, from an electronic communications device, a request for changed recipient notification for a given message, said given message identifiable as belonging to a common thread;

process said request;

generate a recipient change response, said recipient change response including an indication of a change in recipient addresses; and

transmit, to said electronic communications device, said recipient change response.