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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventor:

Thanh Vuong, Kitchener, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/24 (2013.01); G06F 17/276 (2013.01); H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); H04M 2250/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of facilitating the entry of text into a new message generated by a messaging application of a handheld electronic device is provided that includes receiving a command to reply to or forward a received message that is included within a message thread, scanning the message thread, identifying a plurality of words in the message thread, generating one or more word lists that include the identified words, and displaying the one or more word lists. The method further includes receiving a selection of a selected one of the words from the one or more word lists, and entering the selected one of the words into the new message. Also provided is an improved handheld electronic device that implements the described method.


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