Method and apparatus for managing message history data for a mobile communication device
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a controller configured to;
cause displaying on the display a party identifier for each of a plurality of parties having a message history;
cause displaying on the display a message history screen comprising a first portion and a second portion after user selection of the party identifier associated with a first party among the plurality of parties;
cause displaying on the display the party identifier associated with the first party in the first portion of the display;
cause displaying on the display in the second portion, for each of a plurality of messages received from the first party, message content of an associated received message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated received message is received at the apparatus;
cause displaying on the display in the second portion, for each of a plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, message content of an associated transmitted message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated transmitted message is transmitted from the apparatus; and
cause displaying on the display content of a file attached to a first message of the plurality of received messages in response user selection of the first message,wherein each of the plurality of messages received from the first party, and each of the plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, comprise a multimedia message service (MMS) message.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing history data of messages received from and transmitted to other users by a user of a mobile communication device is provided. Message history data is extracted from received and transmitted messages and stored such that a user of the mobile communication device may easily input a conditional request to the device and view message history data associated with a specific other user or message history data identified by conditional data input to the device.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a display; and a controller configured to; cause displaying on the display a party identifier for each of a plurality of parties having a message history; cause displaying on the display a message history screen comprising a first portion and a second portion after user selection of the party identifier associated with a first party among the plurality of parties; cause displaying on the display the party identifier associated with the first party in the first portion of the display; cause displaying on the display in the second portion, for each of a plurality of messages received from the first party, message content of an associated received message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated received message is received at the apparatus; cause displaying on the display in the second portion, for each of a plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, message content of an associated transmitted message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated transmitted message is transmitted from the apparatus; and cause displaying on the display content of a file attached to a first message of the plurality of received messages in response user selection of the first message, wherein each of the plurality of messages received from the first party, and each of the plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, comprise a multimedia message service (MMS) message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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a radio frequency (RF) module configured to transmit a plurality of messages and receive a plurality of messages; a display; and a controller configured to; cause displaying on the display a party identifier for each of a plurality of parties having a message history; cause displaying on the display a message history screen comprising a first portion and a second portion after user selection of the party identifier associated with a first party among the plurality of parties; cause displaying on the display the party identifier associated with the first party in the first portion of the display; cause displaying on the display in the second portion, for each of the plurality of messages received from the first party, message content of an associated received message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated received message is received at the apparatus; cause displaying on the display in the second portion, for each of the plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, message content of an associated transmitted message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated transmitted message is transmitted from the apparatus; and cause displaying on the display content of a file attached to a first message of the plurality of received messages in response user selection of the first message, wherein each of the plurality of messages received from the first party, and each of the plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, comprise a multimedia message service (MMS) message.
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10. A method for displaying information related to messages in an apparatus configured to communicate messages, the method comprising:
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displaying, on a display of the apparatus, a party identifier for each of a plurality of parties having a message history; displaying, on the display, a message history screen comprising a first portion and a second portion after user selection of the party identifier associated with a first party among the plurality of parties; displaying the party identifier associated with the first party in the first portion of the display; displaying, on the display in the second portion, for each of a plurality of messages received from the first party, message content of an associated received message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated received message is received at the apparatus; displaying, on the display in the second portion, for each of a plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, message content of an associated transmitted message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated transmitted message is transmitted from the apparatus; and displaying, on the display, content of a file attached to a first message of the plurality of received messages in response user selection of the first message, wherein each of the plurality of messages received from the first party, and each of the plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, comprise a multimedia message service (MMS) message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for displaying information related to messages in an apparatus configured to communicate messages, the method comprising:
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transmitting and receiving, via a radio frequency (RF) module of the apparatus, a plurality of messages and receive a plurality of messages; displaying, on a display of the apparatus, a party identifier for each of a plurality of parties having a message history; displaying, on the display, a message history screen comprising a first portion and a second portion after user selection of the party identifier associated with a first party among the plurality of parties; displaying, on the display, the party identifier associated with the first party in the first portion of the display; displaying, on the display in the second portion, for each of the plurality of messages received from the first party, message content of an associated received message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated received message is received at the apparatus; displaying, on the display in the second portion, for each of the plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, message content of an associated transmitted message, and time data associated with a time at which the associated transmitted message is transmitted from the apparatus; and displaying, on the display, content of a file attached to a first message of the plurality of received messages in response user selection of the first message, wherein each of the plurality of messages received from the first party, and each of the plurality of messages transmitted to the first party, comprise a multimedia message service (MMS) message.
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