Method and apparatus for managing message history data for a mobile communication device
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a display; and
a controller configured to;
cause displaying on the display a specific communication target for each of a plurality of specific communication targets having a message history;
cause displaying on the display a message history screen associated with a first specific communication target of the plurality of specific communication targets comprising a first portion and a second portion based on an input for selecting the first specific communication target;
cause displaying on the display the first specific communication target in the first portion of the display; and
cause displaying on the display in the second portion;
at least one message that was received from the first specific communication target;
time information associated with the received at least one message;
at least one message that was transmitted to the first specific communication target;
time information associated with the transmitted at least one message; and
status information indicating whether each of the received at least one message and the transmitted at least one message is a received message or a transmitted message, and wherein the received at least one message and the transmitted at least one message each comprise a short message service (SMS) message and 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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8 Claims
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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 specific communication target for each of a plurality of specific communication targets having a message history; cause displaying on the display a message history screen associated with a first specific communication target of the plurality of specific communication targets comprising a first portion and a second portion based on an input for selecting the first specific communication target; cause displaying on the display the first specific communication target in the first portion of the display; and cause displaying on the display in the second portion; at least one message that was received from the first specific communication target; time information associated with the received at least one message; at least one message that was transmitted to the first specific communication target; time information associated with the transmitted at least one message; and status information indicating whether each of the received at least one message and the transmitted at least one message is a received message or a transmitted message, and wherein the received at least one message and the transmitted at least one message each comprise a short message service (SMS) message and a multimedia message service (MMS) message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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