Patent ID: 9225820
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for searching a message store on a portable device comprising: displaying a search input box for searching the message store relative to a currently displayed message on the portable electronic device; displaying a plurality of defined message fields corresponding to searchable fields in message store; displaying one or more characters input by a user in the search input box; generating and displaying a first plurality of possible search criteria based on the displayed one or more characters by appending the displayed one or more characters input to one or more of the displayed plurality of defined message fields for searching for messages in the message store having the one or more characters in the respective defined message field; receiving a selection of one or more of the displayed first plurality of the possible search criteria; generating and displaying a second plurality of possible search criteria based on one or more terms containing characters in terms extracted from a body of the currently displayed message, by appending the one or more terms to one or more of the displayed plurality of defined message fields; receiving a selection of one or more of the displayed second plurality of the possible search criteria; adding the selected one or more possible first or second search criteria to a search string displayed in the search input box within a box or outline for each selected one or more possible search criteria; displaying the selected one or more possible search criteria in the search input box; and searching the message store based on the search string,