Patent ID: 7657272

Claim:
A method for execution by a wireless user device for processing wireless text messages, the method comprising: for each wireless text message of a plurality of wireless text messages sent or received by the wireless user device, grouping the wireless text message into one of a plurality of threads based on: an address of a sender of the wireless text message for each wireless text message received by the wireless user device; and an address of a receiver of the wireless text message for each wireless text message sent by the wireless user device, each thread containing one or more messages between a respective pair of two addresses and at least one of the threads containing more than one message; for each thread, displaying a respective UI (User Interface) display element representing the thread, the respective UI display element of each thread containing more than one message being displayed in place of a separate display of each of the messages contained in the thread; receiving a selection of a UI display element representing a particular thread; and performing an individual function upon each of the individual wireless text messages of the particular thread.