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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Michael K. Brown, Fergus, CA;
Michael S. Brown, Kitchener, CA;
Michael E. Mccallum, Elmira, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communication device is configured to receive messages. The communication device may comprise a display screen upon which messages are displayed. A microprocessor configured to execute at least one message management program on the communication device, filters incoming messages. The message management program comprising a message filter application filters received messages based on a comparison of sender identification data associated with a received message to approved sender identification data.