Blackberry Corporation

Research in Motion Corporation

Holt, Ryan Alexander

Balasubramaniam, Mahadevan

Mahadevan Balasubramaniam

Andrew John Ewanchuk

Ronesh Puri

Christopher Michael Fogel

Ryan Alexander Holt

A method and device for attaching messages stored at the device as attachments to a message being composed at the device. The device comprises: a memory storing a messaging application, a communication interface, a display device, and a processor configured to execute the messaging application to: render, at the display device, the message; in response to detecting selection of an attach icon in the message, render, at the display device, message icons, each message icon associated with a respective one of the stored messages; detect selection of at least one message icon; for each selected message icon, convert a stored message associated with the selected message icon into a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) attachment message; encode the message and each MIME attachment message into a MIME message; and, in response to detecting selection of a send icon of the message, transmit, via the communication interface, the MIME message.

Method and device for attaching messages stored at a device as attachments to a message being composed at the device

Methods and apparatus for use in communicating messages to multiple recipients are described. A wireless device receives a first input request for creating a new message, and also receives one or more second input requests for selecting a plurality of recipient identifiers for the new message. The wireless device also receives a third input request which indicates whether or not the message is for a group conversation. When the third input request indicates group conversation, the wireless device formats the recipient identifiers in first header fields (e.g., CC header fields) of an MMS message. When the third input request indicates no group conversation, the wireless device alternatively formats the recipient identifiers in second header fields (e.g., BCC header fields) of the MMS message. The MMS message is then transmitted to the recipient identifiers via a wireless network. Recipient devices may process the message as group or non-group (e.g., broadcast) depending on the field locations of the recipient identifiers.

User interface methods and apparatus for use in communicating messages to multiple recipients

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Mahadevan Balasubramaniam