Patent ID: 8280972

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless handheld device, comprising: on receipt of a request to compose a message, displaying on a display of said wireless handheld device (i) a first recipient field of a first type for a recipient address, and (ii) a message composition field for holding message content; thereafter, upon each keystroke entry of text into said first recipient field: searching an address book for entries that match said text; displaying on said display a selection menu comprising any matching entries; and on receipt of an input corresponding to a selection of one of said matching entries, (a) populating said first recipient field based on said selected one of said matching entries, (b) ceasing to display said selection menu on said display and, (c) altering said display to add a second recipient field of said first type for a second recipient address to said display so that said second recipient field is displayed with said first populated recipient field and said message composition field.