Research in Motion Corporation

Blackberry Corporation

Other

Christopher R. Wormald

Andrew Douglas Bocking

Michael Thomas Hardy

Gerhard D. Klassen

Darrell Reginald May

Piotr Konrad Tysowski

Scotte Zinn

Gerhard Dietrich Klassen

Ronald Scotte Zinn

David Paul Yach

Christopher James Runstedler

Rohit Rocky Jain

Theodore Van Belle

Atif Khan

Mihal Lazaridis

Anthony George Burns

Gary P Mousseau

David Clark

Nataliya Martsyna

Michael Kenneth Brown

Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott

Christopher R Wormald

David Francis Tapuska

Craig Allan Dunk

Scott William Totzke

David Noel Vanden Heuvel

Maxime M Matton

Lap Luu

George Dos Santos

Robin Roy Glennie

Neil Patrick Adams

Raymond Paul Vander Veen

Barry W Linkert

Samer Fahmy

Gerhard Deitrich Klassen

Tony Burns

Aaron David Scriver

R Scotte Zinn

Catherine Michelle Coode

Haejung Lisa Koh

Gerhard D Klassen

Rohit Jain

Adrian Michael Logan

Rudy Eugene Rawlins

Eric Allan Fritzley

Brian Roy Groux

Galang Vuong

Phillip Roberts

Peter Konrad Tysowski

Sherryl Lee Scott

Robert J T Bredin

Robert John Thomas Bredin

Ronald Hanson

Rohit Rockey Jain

David Vanden Heuvel

Piotr K Tysowski

Robin Glennie

Darrell May

Catherine M Coode

Robert J Bredin

Peter Tysowski

Max Matton

Scriver Aaron

Scott Sherryl Lee Lorraine

Rudy Rawlins

Lisa Haejung Koh

There is provided a method of representing new email messages on a communication device having a display. This method comprises setting a new message flag when an email message is received by the device; and displaying a new message indicator on the display when the new message flag is set. The new message indicator can be displayed on a home screen on the display. The new message flag can be unset when a messages screen is selected on the device. A computer readable memory having recorded thereon instructions to carry out this method is also provided, as well as a device comprising such memory.

Representing new messages on a communication device

A user interface and method for composing a message to be sent over a wireless network environment using a handheld device is disclosed. According to the method, upon receipt of a user request to compose a message, a screen is displayed with a recipient field for a recipient address, an associated label to indicate that the recipient field is for a recipient address, and a message body field for holding message content. The method further includes, upon each keystroke entry of text to the recipient field, looking up entries from an address book which match the text, and displaying a selection menu representing addresses from at least a portion of the entries as well as cached entries previously looked up from a global address book.

User interface for a handheld device

Embodiments of a system, method, and user interface for searching for messages with attachments on mobile devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a messaging application is programmed such that, in operation, a user is presented with a search screen in which the user may define search parameters for a search. A search parameter associated with an option to search for messages of a specified type is provided, and more specifically, an option to search for messages (e.g. electronic mail messages) having one or more attachments is made available to the user.

System, method, and user interface for searching for messages with attachments on a mobile device

An event providing apparatus includes a storage device in communicating with a date/time detector module. The detector module detects a condition that at least a portion of information stored on the storage device could be mapped to an event, identifies date and time entries in the information, and generates a hyperlink to open an application for creating an event for each entry, the date and time being provided to the application to generate the event directly from the information. The apparatus also includes a display for displaying the time and date in the form of the hyperlink; and a prompter module communicating with the detector module for automatically providing a prompt related to the event in response to selection of the hyperlink. In response to user interaction with the user prompt, the application is started and the event based on the hyperlinked date and time is created.

Method and apparatus for generating a new event directly from a document

A method and devices for providing secure data backup from a mobile communication device to an external computing device is described. In one embodiment, there is provided a method of backing up data from a mobile communication device, the method comprising: receiving from an enterprise server an information technology (IT) policy message which includes an encryption key; storing the encryption key in a protected memory of the mobile communication device; receiving a request to backup data stored on the mobile communication device; encrypting the data using the encryption key stored in the protected memory; and transferring the encrypted data from the mobile communication device to an electronic device for storage.

Method and devices for providing secure data backup from a mobile communication device to an external computing device

A method and apparatus for modifying notification settings on a mobile electronic device is provided, the mobile electronic device comprising a processing unit, a display, a memory, an input device, and at least one notification device. It is determined that the at least one notification device has been activated using a given notification setting. A menu list is responsively changed to include a notification setting change option, the menu list associated with the input device and stored in the memory, such that when the input device is activated, the display is controlled by the processing unit to provide a representation of the menu list such that the notification setting option can be selected and the given notification setting changed.

Method and apparatus for modifying notification settings on a mobile electronic device

Apparatus and methods to engage in a transfer of informational content between a first mobile electronic device and a second mobile electronic device using directed transmission between a first server and a second server. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Device to-device transfer

A data transmission cap represents a maximum amount of data that can be transmitted to and/or from a communication device during a subscriber billing cycle without incurring a penalty under a subscriber rate plan. To limit data transmission to and/or from the communication device as the data transmission cap is approached, a graphical user interface (GUI) is displayed. The GUI includes one or more GUI controls for selecting a data transmission limiting tactic from a plurality of distinct data transmission limiting tactics and for specifying a data transmission threshold at which the selected tactic is to take effect, the threshold being below the operative cap. Upon user interaction with the GUI control(s), user input indicating the selected data transmission tactic and specified data transmission threshold is received. The communication device or another electronic device in communication therewith is configured to effect the selected data transmission limiting tactic when the specified data transmission threshold is reached.

Limiting data transmission to and/or from a communication device as a data transmission cap is approached and graphical user interface for configuring same

This relates to a method for operating a mobile station. The method includes grouping two or more member addresses into a group. The group is presented as a group data in a transient data list. A selection of an option to open a messaging session with the group is selected. A messaging session is opened, with the member addresses of the selected group.

System and method for integrating an address book with an instant messaging application in a mobile station

To perform thread-based message prioritization, metadata may be extracted from a received electronic message. Based on the extracted message metadata and accumulated metadata extracted from previously received messages, a message thread to which the received electronic message belongs may be identified. Based on a set of thread priority assessment criteria, a priority level for the message thread may be determined. At least part of the message thread may be processed according to the priority level. The processing may be altering a notification behavior of an electronic messaging client for electronic messages of the message thread. Thread priority assessment may be based on user-configurable criteria that may be set via a graphical user interface. Message thread identification may also be based on user-configurable criteria that may be set via a graphical user interface.

System for facilitating thread-based message prioritization

A method and apparatus for controlling a display of a portable electronic device are provided. The method comprises generating a screen comprising a list on the display. The list comprises one or more row elements, with each row element comprising one or more column sub-elements. At least a portion of one of the column sub-elements of at least one of the row elements is truncated. Upon selection of a row element, the screen is enabled for scrolling of that row element. Enabling scrolling comprises loading the truncated portion of the selected row element into a pre-buffer. The method further comprises receiving a scrolling input, and updating the screen on the display to scroll the row element, bringing the truncated portion into view. The selected row is scrolled while maintaining the series of column sub-elements in the row without reference to other rows.

Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a portable electronic device

A technique for use in communicating data messages to a mobile device with use of a host service in a communication system is described. The host service connects with a service node for establishing and maintaining an IP connection between the host service and the service node. The host service receives a data message for the mobile device, and determines whether the mobile device is logged on. In response to determining that the mobile device is logged on, the host service sends the data message to the mobile device without aid of the service node. Otherwise, the host service creates an enable message which identifies the mobile device and includes a subset of the data message, and sends it to the service node over the IP connection for subsequent forwarding to the mobile device in a wireless network.

System and methods for wireless messaging

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Waterloo, Canada

Michael Thomas Hardy