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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2021.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/28 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); H04M 1/72544 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for receiving and sending messages from a communication device is disclosed. Message recipient information is compared to stored information for potential recipients to determine whether a characteristic of the expression of the message on a device display should be changed such that the user perceives an unavoidable visual indication relating to the result of the comparison.