Patent ID: 6611254
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G06F,H01H,H04M

Abstract:
A method in a mobile communication device having a wireless transceiver, a display, a QWERTY-style keyboard, and an auxiliary input device, the method comprising the steps of:receiving a plurality of e-mail messages with the wireless transceiver, the plurality of e-mail messages being transmitted from a wireless network; displaying a list of the plurality of received e-mail messages on the display; selecting and accessing one of the plurality of received e-mail messages by moving the auxiliary input device in a direction that corresponds to a desired direction on the displayed list and by depressing the auxiliary input device to select and access a particular received e-mail message; displaying the selected message on the display; activating a menu of e-mail commands and displaying the menu of commands on the display; selecting and executing one of the e-mail commands on the menu by moving the auxiliary input device in a direction that corresponds to a desired direction on the displayed menu and by depressing the auxiliary input device to select and execute a particular e-mail command, wherein one of the e-mail commands is a command to generate a reply message to the displayed message; if the command to generate a reply message is selected and executed, then (a) displaying a reply e-mail message form on the display; (b) inputting reply message text using the QWERTY-style keyboard; and (c) selecting and executing a send e-mail command from a menu of commands displayed on the display using the auxiliary input device to transmit the reply message from the mobile communications device to the wireless network using the wireless transceiver.