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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Michael Thomas Hardy, Waterloo, CA;
R. Scotte Zinn, Waterloo, CA;
Gerhard Klassen, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method of representing new email messages on a communication device having a display. This method comprises setting a new message flag when an email message is received by the device; and displaying a new message indicator on the display when the new message flag is set. The new message indicator can be displayed on a home screen on the display. The new message flag can be unset when a messages screen is selected on the device. A computer readable memory having recorded thereon instructions to carry out this method is also provided, as well as a device comprising such memory.