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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Research IN Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Darsono Sutedja, Hudson, NH (US);
John Bennett Parrett, Amherst, NH (US);
Katerina Doudkin, Haverhill, MA (US);
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A device, system and method are provided for presenting message threads in a device display where messages may have a persistent or intermediate status. A list of message threads is displayed, collated according to a given message thread attribute, is displayed. When a new message is detected belonging to one of the message threads, if the message has a persistent status it is added to the message thread and the collating message thread attribute for that thread is updated. If the message has an intermediate status, it may be added to the message thread but the collating message thread attribute for that message is deferred until the intermediate status is changed to a persistent status. The collated list of message threads is then updated. By deferring updates to the collating message thread attribute when a message has an intermediate status, disruption to the order of the collated list is mitigated.