Blackberry Corporation

Airwide Solutions Inc.

Adam Cooper

Yoojin Hong

Jiwei Robert Wang

Vincent Kadar

Marc Anthony Lepage

Craig James Tucker

Eric Feeley

Lepage Marc Anthony Anthony

A system and method for displaying a graphical context menu on a display screen of a mobile communication device. The method includes receiving a menu request, determining the number of menu items based on the context of the menu request, generating a graphical context menu based on the determined number of the determined number of menu items, inserting the menu items into the generated graphical context menu, and displaying the generated graphical context menu on the display screen with the inserted menu items. The graphical context menu can include menu items displayed in a 3&#xd7;3 grid, a 2&#xd7;3 grid or a 1&#xd7;3 grid. The graphical context menu can include a default menu item in the center of the grid and a full menu option in the bottom most right slot of the grid.

Graphical context short menu

A system for a network operator to manage a message-based application, provided to a subscriber, and an application provider, providing said application, in a communications network connected to a message gateway for relaying and translating messages between the application and the subscriber. The system comprising: a subscription management module for managing publication of the application and subscription to the application by the subscriber; an application management module for managing the availability of the application based on authorization by the network operator and the application provider; and a message handler module for managing relaying, translating and enhancing, with value-added information, of the messages via the message gateway based on information from the subscription management module and the application management module.

Method and system for managing message-based applications and applications providers in a communications network

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Ottawa, Canada

Adam Cooper