Patent ID: 8131812

Claim:
A method for providing information relating to a recently received communication for a device, said method comprising: generating and providing a message on a display of the device indicating receipt of an inbound communication, after determining that the device is to receive the inbound communication while the device is composing an outbound communication and after determining the inbound communication is related to the outbound communication by an analysis of information of the inbound communication against information of the outbound communication, the message providing options for processing said inbound communication depending on whether said outbound communication is initiated as either a reply to the inbound communication or a forwarding of the inbound communication, said options including a first set of options for processing the inbound communication when said outbound communication is initiated as a reply to the inbound communication, a second set of options for processing the inbound communication when said outbound communication is initiated as a forwarding of the inbound communication, and a third set of options for processing the inbound communication when said outbound communication is initiated as a reply to all to the inbound communication.