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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Neil Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Raymond Vander Veen, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Neil Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Raymond Vander Veen, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04M 1/72552 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for updating an electronic mail ('email') message presented to a user on a display screen of a data processing system, the email message belonging to a thread of email messages received by the data processing system, the method comprising: determining whether one or more of the email messages in the thread was received after the email message is opened on the display screen; and, if so, displaying an update message on the display screen indicating that one or more of the email messages in the thread was so received.