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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Waterloo, CA;
Christopher R. Wormald, Kitchener, CA;
Darcy R. Phipps, Waterloo, CA;
Craig A. Dunk, Guelph, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which enhanced information regarding an 'availability' of a user of a handheld electronic device is provided to another electronic device in a messaging environment. Such availability data provides step-wise indications of the relative availabilities of one or more users of electronic devices in a messaging environment. The step-wise indications can, for instance, range from an availability level of 'currently active' to several levels of nonavailability. The device and method can be incorporated into an existing messaging environment.