Patent ID: 8521143

Claim:
A method in a wireless communication device for use in communicating messages via a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving, via a user interface of the wireless communication device, a first input request for creating a new message; receiving, via the user interface, in one or more TO fields of the new message, one or more second input requests for selecting a plurality of recipient identifiers for the new message; receiving, via the user interface, a third input request which indicates whether the new message is for a group conversation; when the third input request indicates that the new message is for a group conversation, formatting the recipient identifiers in CC header fields of the new message; otherwise, when the third input request indicates that the new message is not for a group conversation, formatting the recipient identifiers in BCC header fields of the new message; and causing the new message to be transmitted from the wireless communication device via the wireless communication network to the recipient identifiers.