ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY APPLYING MESSAGE ACTIONS
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1. A method implemented at an electronic device for applying a single-message action to an email message, the method comprising:
- displaying a listing of message threads;
while said listing of message threads is displayed,detecting selection of one of the message threads, said message thread comprising a plurality of email messages; and
detecting selection of a single-message action to be applied to a single email message, the selected single-message action being associated with at least one message attribute;
identifying one of the plurality of email messages comprising said at least one message attribute; and
applying the selected single-message action to said identified email message.
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Abstract
An electronic device and method are provided for automatically identifying a message in a message thread to which a selected single-message action is to be applied, without requiring display of individual messages in a separate listing. Each single-message action is associated with one or more message attributes. When a single-message action is selected, a message in the thread having matching attributes is selected. While the selected message may be the most recent message in the thread having those attributes, but may not be the most recently received or most recently sent message in the thread.
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1. A method implemented at an electronic device for applying a single-message action to an email message, the method comprising:
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displaying a listing of message threads; while said listing of message threads is displayed, detecting selection of one of the message threads, said message thread comprising a plurality of email messages; and detecting selection of a single-message action to be applied to a single email message, the selected single-message action being associated with at least one message attribute; identifying one of the plurality of email messages comprising said at least one message attribute; and applying the selected single-message action to said identified email message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic device for handling messages and for applying single-message actions to an email message, the electronic device comprising:
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a display interface; and a processor in communication with the display interface, the processor being configured to; display a listing of message threads via the display interface; while said listing of message threads is displayed, detect selection of one of the message threads, said message thread comprising a plurality of email messages; and detect selection of a single-message action to be applied to a single email message, the selected single-message action being associated with at least one message attribute; identify one of the plurality of email messages comprising said at least one message attribute; and apply the selected single-message action to said identified email message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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