Patent ID: 9542073
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. A method of displaying scrollable message items on a display of an electronic device, each scrollable message item having an associated date, the method comprising: displaying a scrollable viewport on the display, the viewport displaying a first scrollable date separator item in a topmost field of the viewport and at least one scrollable message item in a second field of the viewport, wherein the first scrollable date separator item is based upon the associated date of the scrollable message item displayed in the second field of the viewport; determining whether another scrollable date separator item would appear in the viewport after a scrolling command is applied, the scrolling command causing the scrollable message items to be advanced; and after receiving the scrolling command to scroll one or more scrollable message items in the viewport, if another scrollable date separator item would not appear in the viewport after the one or more scrollable message items are scrolled, maintaining the display of the first scrollable date separator item in the topmost field while the scrollable message items are advanced; after receiving the scrolling command to scroll one or more scrollable message items in the viewport, if another scrollable date separator item would appear in the viewport after the one or more scrollable message items are scrolled, displaying a second scrollable date separator item in the topmost field while the scrollable message items are advanced, wherein the second scrollable date separator item is based upon the associated date of the one or more scrollable message items displayed in the second field of the viewport.