Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media facilitating information retrieval for a communication device

• US 9,600,141 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Swink, Cristy, Sikes, Jason, Fineman, Benjamin, Solis Snydal, Jonathan, Shia, Megan Elisabeth
• Primary Examiner(s): Fibbi, Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US12/903,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20110087994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,351 Days
• Field of Search: 715/810, 707/770, 707/706
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 : for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media are provided. In some embodiments, a method can include: detecting a selection of an item, the item being displayed via user interface (UI); searching for information associated with the item for which selection is detected, wherein the searching is performed automatically based, at least, upon the detecting the selection of the item; and displaying search results, via the UI, wherein the displaying the search results is performed automatically during the selection of the item. In some embodiments, the search results comprise at least one of: a voicemail, a number of voicemails, messaging details, a portion of text, contacts information or social media information associated with the item for which selection is detected.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying, by a display of a communication device comprising a processor, via a first interface at a first location, a group of text messages from third parties and associated with a user identity of the communication device;

detecting, by the communication device, a user selection of a text message of the group of text messages displayed via the first interface resulting in a selected text message, wherein the selected text message is displayed graphically distinguished from unselected ones of the group of text messages;

searching, by the communication device, for information associated with the selected text message, wherein the searching is performed in response to the detecting of the user selection of the text message;

maintaining, by the communication device, the displaying of the group of text messages via the first interface, comprising the selected text message, and while initiating, by the communication device, a concurrent display of a second interface, wherein the display of the first interface is moved to a second location, different than the first location, to provide space for the second interface in a region that is non-overlapping with the first interface; and

displaying, by the communication device, a search result within the second interface, wherein the search result comprises numerical information indicative of a count of unread voicemails associated with a sender identity determined to be associated with the selected text message, wherein the concurrently displaying is performed in response to the user selection of the text message and wherein the second interface is removed from the display in response to the user detection of the selected text message resulting in the first interface returning to the first location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the user selection of the text message comprises detecting a scroll command associated with scrolling to the text message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the scrolling is vertical scrolling.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result further comprises a portion of text associated with the text message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the user selection of the text message comprises detecting a cursor position corresponding to a location of the text message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selection of the text message is a first user selection of a first text message, and further comprising:

detecting, by the communication device, a second user selection of a second text message from the group of text messages.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second text message is different from the first text message.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the search result is a first search result, and further comprising:

updating the second interface to concurrently display a second search result different than the first search result.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the numerical information is first numerical information, and wherein the second search result comprises second numerical information different than the first numerical information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second numerical information is indicative of a count of unread voicemails associated with a sender identity determined to be associated with the second text message.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

displaying, via a first interface at a first location on a display, a group of text messages from third parties and associated with a user identity of a communication device;

detecting, by the device, a user selection of a text message of the group of text messages displayed via the first interface resulting in a selected text message, wherein the selected text message is displayed graphically distinguished from unselected ones of the group of text messages;

searching, by the device, for information associated with the selected text message, wherein the searching is performed in response to the detecting of the user selection of the text message;

maintaining, via the first interface of the device, the display of the group of text messages via the first interface, comprising the selected text message, while initiating a concurrent display of a second interface, wherein the display of the first interface is moved to a second location, different than the first location, to provide space for the second interface in a region that is non-overlapping with the first interface; and

displaying, by the device, a search result within the second interface, wherein the search result comprises numerical information indicative of a count of unread voicemails associated with a sender identity determined to be associated with the selected text message, wherein the concurrent display is performed in response to the user selection of the text message, and wherein the second interface is then removed from the concurrent display and the first interface returns to the first location in response to user de-selection of the selected text message.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the detecting the user selection of the text message comprises detecting a cursor position corresponding to a location of the text message.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a display; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

displaying, on the display, via a first interface at a first location, a group of social networking messages from a group of third parties and associated with a user identity of the apparatus, wherein the group of social networking messages comprises feed information output from a social media feed;

detecting a user selection of a social networking message of the group of social networking messages resulting in a user selected social networking message, wherein the user selected social networking message is displayed graphically distinct from unselected ones of the group of social networking messages;

searching for voicemail information associated with the selected social networking message, wherein the searching is performed in response to the detecting the user selection of the social networking message; and

maintaining the displaying of the group of the social networking messages via the first interface, comprising the user selected social networking message, while initiating a concurrent displaying of a second interface, wherein the displaying of the first interface is performed at a second location, different than the first location, to spatially accommodate the second interface in a region that is non-overlapping with the first interface;

displaying, a search result within the second interface, wherein the search result comprises numerical information indicative of a count of unread voicemails associated with a sender identity determined to be associated with the user selected social networking message, wherein the concurrently displaying is performed in response to the user selection of the social networking message, and wherein the second interface is removed from the display and the first interface returns to the first location in response to user de-selection of the user selected social networking message.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the detecting the user selection of the social networking message comprises detecting an input to the first interface corresponding to a location of the social networking message.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the detecting comprises detecting a scroll command associated with scrolling to the social networking message.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the scrolling comprises vertical scrolling.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the searching comprises determining contact information associated with a party identifier determined to be associated with the social networking message.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the search result further comprises a portion of text associated with the text message.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the detecting the user selection of the social networking message comprises detecting a cursor position corresponding to a location of the social networking message.