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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Andrew D. Bocking, Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Andrew D. Bocking, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04895 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04895 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The presence of new unread electronic messages received, that is, messages received since unread messages were last reviewed, is provided by indicia presented to the user. These indicia can take various forms, such as by bolding, flashing, changing the size or color of a count of unread messages, and/or the unread message icon. Alternatively, a separate indication, such as a second count representing the number of new unread electronic messages received, or some other symbol, such as an explanation point, can be displayed.