COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COHERENT UPDATING OF COLLATED MESSAGE LISTINGS
First Claim
1. A communication device, comprising:
- a processor; and
memory storing executable instructions which, upon execution by said processor, cause said communication device to;
display a list of message threads collated according to a collating message thread attribute;
detect a new message;
when the detected new message comprises a persistent status,determine membership of the detected new message in one of said message threads;
add said detected new message to said message thread; and
update the collating message thread attribute of said message thread based on said membership;
when the detected new message comprises an intermediate status, defer updating the collating message thread attribute of any of said message threads based on membership of the detected new message in said message thread; and
update the displayed list of message threads.
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Abstract
A device, system and method are provided for presenting message threads in a device display where messages may have a persistent or intermediate status. A list of message threads is displayed, collated according to a given message thread attribute, is displayed. When a new message is detected belonging to one of the message threads, if the message has a persistent status it is added to the message thread and the collating message thread attribute for that thread is updated. If the message has an intermediate status, it may be added to the message thread but the collating message thread attribute for that message is deferred until the intermediate status is changed to a persistent status. The collated list of message threads is then updated. By deferring updates to the collating message thread attribute when a message has an intermediate status, disruption to the order of the collated list is mitigated.
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26 Claims
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1. A communication device, comprising:
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a processor; and memory storing executable instructions which, upon execution by said processor, cause said communication device to; display a list of message threads collated according to a collating message thread attribute; detect a new message; when the detected new message comprises a persistent status, determine membership of the detected new message in one of said message threads; add said detected new message to said message thread; and update the collating message thread attribute of said message thread based on said membership; when the detected new message comprises an intermediate status, defer updating the collating message thread attribute of any of said message threads based on membership of the detected new message in said message thread; and update the displayed list of message threads. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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displaying a list of message threads collated according to a collating message thread attribute; detecting a new message; when the detected new message comprises a persistent status, determining membership of the detected new message in one of said message threads; adding said detected new message to said message thread; and updating the collating message thread attribute of said message thread based on said membership; when the detected new message comprises an intermediate status, deferring updating the collating message thread attribute of any of said message threads based on membership of the detected new message in said message thread; and updating the displayed list of message threads. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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