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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Research IN Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Donald Somerset McCulloch McKenzie, Waterloo, CA;
Jerome Pasquero, Montreal, CA;
Aleksandar Papo, Waterloo, CA;
BLACKBERRY LIMITED, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A device, method and system or performing visual set operations to modify and generate lists, and methods thereof are provided. Provided at a display of a device, are: a first graphical representation indicative of a first list and a second graphical representation indicative of a second list, the first list and the second list comprising common elements, and a graphical intersection of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is indicative of the common elements. Via a processor of the device, the graphical intersection is separated from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation, such that one or more additional lists are generated based on the separating, each of the one or more additional lists comprising a respective one of: the common elements; the first list minus the common elements; and, the second list minus the common elements.