Patent ID: 8868044
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of representing a conversation of related messages in a message collection user interface displayed on a wireless communication device, the message collection user interface displaying a list of messages from one or more communications applications on the computing device, the method comprising: defining a plurality of dynamic session placeholders, each dynamic session placeholder representing a respective conversation of related messages constituting a common messaging communication session; displaying the plurality of dynamic session placeholders in the message collection user interface, each dynamic session placeholder presented as a single entry in a list of messages and ordered, within the list of messages, chronologically according to a corresponding time of action of a last message in the conversation of related messages represented by the respective dynamic session placeholder; reordering the plurality of dynamic session placeholders within the list of messages, upon either transmission or receipt of a new message in the conversation of related messages represented by any one of the plurality of dynamic session placeholders, based on a time of action of the new message; and displaying the reordered list of messages.