Patent ID: 8521136

Claim:
A method in a communication device which includes a user interface for use in communicating messages via a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving, via the user interface, an input request for initiating the creation of a new message; in response to receiving the input request for initiating the creation of the new message, displaying in the user interface one or more message recipient input fields for the new message; receiving, via the user interface, one or more input requests for selecting one or more message recipient identifiers in the one or more message recipient input fields; upon receiving the one or more message recipient identifiers; identifying whether conversation participant identifiers for the new message match the conversation participant identifiers of one or more stored conversation threads, the conversation participant identifiers for the new message including the one or more message recipient identifiers received in the one or more message recipient input fields; selecting one of the stored conversation threads associated with the conversation participant identifiers that match the conversation participant identifiers for the new message; and displaying in the user interface the selected conversation thread together with a message body input field of the new message, prior to the new message being sent from the communication device.