Patent ID: 8537665

Claim:
A method for blocking messages from a sender by a wireless communication device, the method comprising: receiving, from a user of the wireless communication device, a selection of a message from a plurality of received messages; receiving, from the user of the wireless communication device, a choice of an option to block the sender of the selected message; in response to receiving the option to block, subscribing by the wireless communication device with the server, for a message blocking service; receiving, by the wireless communication device and in response to subscribing for the message blocking service, a template from the server; storing, by the wireless communication device, the template; creating, by the wireless communication device, a block document based on the stored template, wherein the block document includes an identifier of the sender; and sending, by the wireless communication device, the block document to a server, wherein the block document notifies the server to block the sender from sending messages to the wireless communication device.