Patent ID: 7890589

Claim:
A method for providing information relating to a recently received communication for a device, said method comprising: while the device is composing an outbound communication, monitoring for receipt of an inbound communication; upon receipt of the inbound communication, evaluating subject field of the inbound communication against a subject field of the outbound communication to determine whether the inbound communication is related to the outbound communication; and if the inbound communication is related to the outbound communication, generating and providing a message on a display of the device indicating receipt of the inbound communication, the message also providing 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.