Auto-fill message fields in a communication terminal

A signal-bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations for automatically entering information into formatted messages in a communication terminal, said operations comprising:

• receiving a formatted message, said formatted message comprising a message identification code and a plurality of information fields;
• presenting said formatted message to a user of said communication terminal;
• receiving an indication to send a response message to said formatted message;
• determining a message identification code of said formatted message to which said response message corresponds;
• identifying which information fields, from said plurality of information fields, to be copied into said response message;
• creating said response message using said identified information fields;
• and
• transmitting said response message.

A method for automatically entering information into formatted messages in a communication terminal, comprising:

• selecting a formatted message to respond to;
• determining a message identification code of said formatted message;
• identifying one or more information fields of said formatted message to be copied into a response message;
• and
• creating said response message, said response message comprising one or more response message information fields, wherein at least one of said response message information fields is filled in with information from one or more of said information fields of said formatted message.