Method of searching for personal information management (PIM) information and handheld electronic device employing the same
First Claim
1. A method of searching on a handheld electronic device, comprising:
- receiving input of at least one search criteria;
receiving input to select at least two of a plurality of components of the handheld electronic device to be searched;
conducting a search of the at least two components based upon the at least one search criteria;
determining at least one search result from the search;
displaying the at least one search result; and
displaying and providing, for the at least one search result, at least one user interaction available from a 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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20 Claims
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1. A method of searching on a handheld electronic device, comprising:
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receiving input of at least one search criteria; receiving input to select at least two of a plurality of components of the handheld electronic device to be searched; conducting a search of the at least two components based upon the at least one search criteria; determining at least one search result from the search; displaying the at least one search result; and displaying and providing, for the at least one search result, at least one user interaction available from a 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)
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15. A handheld electronic device comprising:
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a processor circuit including a plurality of routines and a memory having a plurality of components; 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 and 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 and provide, for the at least one search result, at least one user interaction available from a different application, and perform 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 (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a processor to implement a method of searching on a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
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receiving input of at least one search criteria; receiving input to select at least two of a plurality of components of the handheld electronic device to be searched; conducting a search of at least the components based upon the at least one search criteria; determining at least one search result from the search; displaying the at least one search result; and displaying and providing, for the at least one search result, at least one user interaction available from a 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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