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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2012
Robert Cary Gray, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Robert Cary Gray, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method and a plurality of communication devices configured to control notification of reception of a same message by at least one of the plurality of communication devices. The method includes determining that a plurality of communication devices are in proximity with each other, determining that a same message was received by the plurality of communication devices, and determining at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices on which to inhibit producing a notification that indicates the message was received. The at least one communication device delays a pre-determined amount of time while monitoring for reception of a signal that indicates the message was read, and based on determination that the delay of the pre-determined amount of time has expired and that the communication device has failed to receive the signal, the communication device produces the notification.