Patent ID: 8265665

Claim:
A handheld wireless communication device configured to receive text messages, the device comprising: a display upon which information is displayed; a microprocessor configured to execute programs on the device; and a text message management program executable by the microprocessor, the text message management program comprising: an identification code examining application to examine an identification code of a plurality of received text messages to identify a host name in the identification code associated with at least one of the plurality received text messages, wherein the host name immediately follows an @ symbol in the identification code of the email's sender, and a text message display application that displays a listing identifying each of the plurality of received text messages on the display that color-differentiates a first displaced listing of a first received text message from a second displayed listing of a second received text message based upon a first identified host name in the identification code associated with the first received text message and a second identified host name in the identification code associated with the second received text message, and that colors the first displayed listing and a third displayed listing of a third received text message with the same color when the first identified host name associated with both the first received text message and the third message are the same.