Patent ID: 6964020

Claim:
A method comprising: displaying a first set of canned message segments on a display screen; receiving user-indication identifying a first canned message segment selected from the first set of canned message segments; providing an option of editing the first canned message to the user; constructing a second set of canned message segments based on the first canned message segment, the second set having at least one canned message segment grammatically continuing the first canned message segment; displaying the second set of canned message segments on the display screen; receiving user-indication identifying a second canned message segment selected from the second set of canned message segments; providing an option of editing the second canned message to the user; concatenating at least the first and second canned message segments so as to create a composite canned message, wherein the composite canned message includes the first and second canned message segments; and sending the composite canned message to a message recipient.