Advanced voice and data operations in a dual-mode mobile data communication device

• US 8,219,069 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2009
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Yach, David P., Vander Veen, Raymond P., Major, Harry R., Mousseau, Gary P., Lazaridis, Mihal, Asthana, Atul
• Primary Examiner(s): PHU, SANH D
• Application Number:
  US12/557,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20090325540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 455/413, 455/415, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/552.1, 370/351, 370/352, 370/356, 379/93.17, 379/93.23
• US Class Current: 455/413
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42323 PBX's with CTI arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A system and method for integrating voice and data operations into a single mobile device capable of simultaneously performing data and voice actions. The mobile device working in a network capable of exchanging both cell phone calls and data items to the mobile device. By wearing an earphone or an ear-bud device the user is capable of dealing with voice conversations while working with data centric information related to the current caller. By providing a data-centric device with voice capabilities there is a new range of features that allow incoming data events to trigger outgoing voice events.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic communication device, comprising:

a communication subsystem for receiving from a communication network a plurality of different types of received communication events comprising an e-mail message and an instant message having data;

a memory for storing the data of the plurality of different types of received communication events;

a display;

a processor

a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a plurality of different types of transmitted communication events; and

a communication event interface executable by the processor, the communication event interface when executed causing the display to display a listing having truncated textual representations of the data of the plurality of different types of received communication events and to display the listing further having truncated textual representations of data of the plurality of different types of transmitted communication events.

2. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the truncated textual representations comprise truncated subject lines.

3. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the truncated textual representations comprise truncated message bodies.

4. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the truncated textual representations comprise an indication of truncation.

5. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 4, wherein the indication of truncation comprises an ellipsis.

6. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the listing further comprises different icons indicative of the different types of the received communication events.

7. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the listing further comprises indications of statuses of the received communication events.

8. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the listing further comprises time-stamps indicating when the received communication events were received.

9. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the listing further comprises names of senders of the received communication events.

10. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different types of received communication events comprises different types of messages.

11. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a message body of the e-mail message.

12. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a message body of the instant message.

13. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a subject line of the e-mail message.

14. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different types of received communication events further comprises a short message service (SMS) message.

15. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 14, wherein the data further comprises a message body of the SMS message.

16. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein the data comprises header information.

17. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 1, wherein wirelessly receiving comprises wirelessly receiving at least one signal comprising data packets.

18. A method for a mobile electronic communication device, the method comprising:

wirelessly receiving from a communication network a plurality of different types of received communication events having data;

storing the data of the plurality of different types of received communication events;

wirelessly transmitting a plurality of different types of transmitted communication events; and

displaying a listing having truncated textual representations of the data of the plurality of different types of received communication events and truncated textual representations of data of the plurality of different types of transmitted communication events.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the plurality of different types of received communication events comprises different types of messages.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the different types comprise two or more of e-mail messages, instant messages, and short message service (SMS) messages.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the truncated textual representations comprise an indication of truncation.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the listing further comprises different icons indicative of the different types of the received communication events.

23. A mobile electronic communication device comprising a processor and a display, the mobile electronic communication device configured to display a plurality of truncated textual representations of data of a plurality of different types of communication events received by the mobile electronic communication device from a communication network and to display a plurality of truncated textual representations of data of a plurality of different types of communication events sent by the mobile electronic communication device.

24. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 23, wherein the truncated textual representations comprise truncated subject lines of e-mail messages.

25. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 23, wherein the truncated textual representations comprise truncated message bodies of e-mail messages.

26. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 23 further configured to display different icons indicative of the different types of communication events received by the mobile electronic communication device.

27. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 23 further configured to display statuses of the communication events received by the mobile electronic communication device.

28. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 23 further configured to display time-stamps indicating when the communication events received by the mobile electronic communication device were received.

29. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 23 further configured to display names of senders of the communication events received by the mobile electronic communication device.

30. The mobile electronic communication device of claim 23, wherein the plurality of different types of communication events received by the mobile electronic communication device comprises at least two of an e-mail message, an instant message, and a short message service (SMS) message.