Patent ID: 9300617
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, in a mobile electronic device having a display, comprising: outputting on the display, in a message listing interface, and adjacent a list of received messages, a graphical indicator representative of a number of unread messages relative to a number of the received messages stored in a message store, the graphical indicator comprising a fixed-length bar having a plurality of portions, each of the plurality of portions representing a respective different group of message statuses selected from the group comprising: unread messages, read messages, urgent messages and unseen messages, each of the plurality of portions having a different visual appearance, each the plurality of portions having a respective relative length based on a respective number of messages in the respective different group of message statuses; each of the plurality of portions of the fixed-length bar being dedicated to representing relative numbers of the respective messages, the fixed-length bar lacking blank space; a portion, of the plurality of portions, becoming larger as the respective number of messages that the portion is representing increases, relative to other portions of the plurality of portions; and the portion becoming smaller as the respective number of messages that the other portions are representing increases relative to the respective number of messages that the portion is representing.