Method of searching for personal information management (PIM) information and handheld electronic device employing the same
First Claim
1. A method of searching for Personal Information Management information of a handheld electronic device, comprising:
- accepting input of at least one search criteria;
accepting input of a representation of a plurality of components of the handheld electronic device including Personal Information Management information to be searched;
accepting input to select at least two of the plurality of components;
conducting a search of the components based upon the at least one search criteria and the selected at least two of the plurality of components;
determining at least one search result from the search;
displaying the at least one search result;
employing as the components a plurality of different applications;
employing as the at least one search result a plurality of search results;
displaying the search results on a search results screen;
displaying each of the search results including a plurality of alpha or alphanumeric characters;
for each item of the search results associated with a different application, displaying and providing for each item at least one user interaction available from the different application, and performing one of the at least one user interaction directly from the search results displayed, without opening the different application, the at least one user interaction being selected from a group including directly editing the item, directly forwarding a message, replying to a message, directly e-mailing an e-mail address and directly calling a phone number.
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Abstract
A method of searching for Personal Information Management information of a handheld electronic device includes accepting input of one or more search criteria, such as text search criteria and/or name search criteria; accepting input of a representation of a plurality of different databases or applications of the handheld electronic device including Personal Information Management information to be searched; and conducting a search of the different databases or applications based upon the one or more search criteria and the representation of different databases or applications. The method determines one or more search results from the search and displays those search results.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of searching for Personal Information Management information of a handheld electronic device, comprising:
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accepting input of at least one search criteria; accepting input of a representation of a plurality of components of the handheld electronic device including Personal Information Management information to be searched; accepting input to select at least two of the plurality of components; conducting a search of the components based upon the at least one search criteria and the selected at least two of the plurality of components; determining at least one search result from the search; displaying the at least one search result; employing as the components a plurality of different applications; employing as the at least one search result a plurality of search results; displaying the search results on a search results screen; displaying each of the search results including a plurality of alpha or alphanumeric characters; for each item of the search results associated with a different application, displaying and providing for each item at least one user interaction available from the different application, and performing one of the at least one user interaction directly from the search results displayed, without opening the different application, the at least one user interaction being selected from a group including directly editing the item, directly forwarding a message, replying to a message, directly e-mailing an e-mail address and directly calling a phone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A handheld electronic device comprising:
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a housing; a processor circuit including a plurality of routines and a memory having a plurality of components with Personal Information Management information; an input circuit cooperating with the processor circuit; and a display circuit cooperating with the processor circuit, wherein at least one of the routines is adapted to input from the input circuit at least one search criteria for the Personal Information Management information and a representation of at least some of the components to be searched in the memory, to accept input to select at least two of the plurality of components, to conduct a search of the memory based upon the at least one search criteria and the selected at least two of the plurality of components to be searched, to determine at least one search result from the search, and to display at the display circuit the at least one search result, wherein the components are a plurality of different applications, wherein the at least one search result is a plurality of search results, wherein the search results are displayed on a search results screen, wherein each of the search results is displayed including a plurality of alpha or alphanumeric characters, wherein for each item of the search results associated with a different application, displaying and providing for each item at least one user interaction available from the different application, and performing one of the at least one user interaction directly from the search results displayed, without opening the different application, the at least one user interaction being selected from a group including directly editing the item, directly forwarding a message, replying to a message, directly e-mailing an e-mail address and directly calling a phone number. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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