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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Michael Anthony Carrara, Ottawa, CA;

Dinah Lea Marie Davis, Waterloo, CA;

Kristof Takacs, Waterloo, CA;

Ali Mihyar Hesson, Mississauga, CA;

Inventors:

Michael Anthony Carrara, Ottawa, CA;

Dinah Lea Marie Davis, Waterloo, CA;

Kristof Takacs, Waterloo, CA;

Ali Mihyar Hesson, Mississauga, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/14 (2013.01); H04L 51/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to embodiments described in the specification, an electronic communication device and method for processing messages are provided. The method comprises receiving message data at a processor of the computing device, the message data comprising one or more of an address, a subject and a body; receiving a state indicator at the processor, the state indicator being an indication of a state of the message data; storing the message data and the state indicator in a memory of the computing device, the state indicator being stored in association with the message data; determining, at the processor of the computing device, if the state indicator indicates that the message data is in a draft state; and when the determination is affirmative, preventing transmission of the message data.


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