Patent ID: 8484302

Claim:
A communication device comprising a processor and memory coupled thereto and a communication sub-system coupled to the processor for communicating over a network, the memory storing instructions and data for execution by the processor to configure the device to: receive a message thread at a first device, the message thread comprising a plurality of sub-messages, each of the plurality of sub-messages being delineated from one another within the message thread; receive input to compose a new sub-message associated with the message thread, the new sub-message indicating a first and at least a second sub-message recipients; at a selection interface, create a first modified message thread by selecting a first subset of the plurality of sub-messages for one of inclusion therein and exclusion therefrom; and create at least a second modified message thread by selecting a second subset of the plurality of sub-messages for one of inclusion therein and exclusion therefrom, ones of the sub-messages comprising the selected first and second subsets being delineated by a respective sub-message header, the sub-message header determinable by parsing text of the message thread, the first and at least a second modified message threads comprising the new sub-message; and initiate communication of the new sub-message, the first modified message thread communicated to the first sub-message recipient, and the at least a second modified message thread communicated to the at least a second sub-message recipient.