Patent ID: 8375400

Claim:
A communication device, comprising: a processor; and memory storing executable instructions which, upon execution by said processor, cause said communication device to: display a list of message threads collated according to a collating message thread attribute; detect a new message; when the detected new message comprises a persistent status, determine membership of the detected new message in one of said message threads; add said detected new message to said message thread; and update the collating message thread attribute of said message thread based on said membership; and update the displayed list of message threads; when the detected new message comprises an intermediate status, defer updating the collating message thread attribute of any of said message threads based on membership of the detected new message in said message thread, the deferring comprising defining said detected new message for display in the list of message threads as a separate list entry; after the intermediate status transitions to the persistent status, detect a change in status in said detected new message; determine membership of said changed message in said one of said message threads and add said changed message to said message thread; update the collating message thread attribute of said message thread based on said membership; and delete said separate list entry; and update the displayed list of message threads.