Patent ID: 8286089
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of representing new electronic messages on a communication device having a display, the method comprising: receiving a new electronic message; setting a new message flag to indicate receipt of the new electronic message; representing, on a home screen displayed on the display, a new message indicator when the new message flag is set; receiving an invocation to switch the home screen displayed on the display to a message inventory display screen for viewing a listing including a plurality of electronic messages including the new electronic message, the message inventory display screen displaying a preview, for each listed electronic message, of either a subject line or of a portion of contents of the electronic message, the contents of an electronic message being accessible upon receipt of a request to open an electronic message from the list of messages; unsetting the new message flag in response to the invocation to switch the home screen displayed on the display to the message inventory display screen, the unsetting of the flag occurring without having received a request to open the new electronic message; and receiving an invocation to switch the message inventory display screen to the home screen, wherein the new message indicator represented on the home screen is not displayed as a result of the unsetting of the new message flag.