System and method for prioritizing and displaying messages
First Claim
1. A method for providing message listings for display at a communication device, the method comprising:
- storing, for at least one message in a message store, a corresponding priority value having at least a threshold value, where the at least one message is initially unread;
concurrently displaying a first message listing and a second message listing,the first message listing being displayable in a static first area defined for a display of the communication device and comprising entries for received messages in the message store associated with at least the threshold value, including an entry for the at least one message; and
the second message listing being displayable in a second area defined to be adjacent the static first area and comprising entries for other received messages in the message store; and
in response to the at least one message being read after storing;
updating the corresponding priority value to a value not meeting the threshold value; and
updating the displayed first message listing and the displayed second message listing based on the updated corresponding priority value to remove the entry for the at least one message from the first message listing and include an entry for the at least one message in the second message listing.
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Abstract
A system for prioritizing and displaying received messages, including e-mail, SMS, IM, multimedia, and voicemail, at a communication device includes means for dynamically associating a priority value with a received message upon detection of an evaluation event, and means for dynamically updating a listing of received messages associated with at least a priority value equal to or greater than a predetermined priority value in a designated priority viewport. The viewport is constantly viewable in a message listing screen and comprises a listing of prioritized messages separate and apart from non-prioritized messages. Evaluation events may include user operation such as reading, deleting, replying, moving, or forwarding the message and similar operations, or a determination that the message has reached a predetermined age.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for providing message listings for display at a communication device, the method comprising:
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storing, for at least one message in a message store, a corresponding priority value having at least a threshold value, where the at least one message is initially unread; concurrently displaying a first message listing and a second message listing, the first message listing being displayable in a static first area defined for a display of the communication device and comprising entries for received messages in the message store associated with at least the threshold value, including an entry for the at least one message; and the second message listing being displayable in a second area defined to be adjacent the static first area and comprising entries for other received messages in the message store; and in response to the at least one message being read after storing; updating the corresponding priority value to a value not meeting the threshold value; and updating the displayed first message listing and the displayed second message listing based on the updated corresponding priority value to remove the entry for the at least one message from the first message listing and include an entry for the at least one message in the second message listing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication device for displaying message listings, the communication device comprising:
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a message store adapted to store read and unread messages and, for at least one message in the message store, a corresponding priority value having at least a threshold value, where the at least one message is initially unread; a processor adapted to enable; concurrently displaying a first message listing and a second message listing, the first message listing being displayable in a static first area defined for a display of the communication device and comprising entries for received messages in the message store associated with at least the threshold value, including an entry for the at least one message; and the second message listing being displayable in a second area defined to be adjacent the static first area and comprising entries for other received messages in the message store; and in response to the at least one message being read after storing; updating the corresponding priority value to a value not meeting the threshold value; and updating the displayed first message listing and the displayed second message listing based on the updated corresponding priority value to remove the entry for the at least one message from the first message listing and include an entry for the at least one message in the second message listing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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