US 2007/0192708 A1 · METHOD AND ARRANGMENT FOR A PRIMARY ACTIONS MENU FOR A HIERARCHICAL FOLDER SYSTEM ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Abstract

A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include a hierarchal folder system used to store an email message from a list of email messages being displayed on a screen. If at least one email message is designated through use of the auxiliary user input device and no menu is displayed, the user may initiate an ambiguous request and deposit the designated email message into a target folder. Various short menus are provided with their respective menu items being dependent and adjustable based upon the position of a cursor on the display page, the currently opened application, and/or the previous selections. Further, a selection from the short menu is capable of displaying the extended menu corresponding thereto.

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Dependent claims

A method for filing an email message in a hierarchical folder system where the message to be filed is a member of a listing of messages in an email box that is presented on a display screen of a handheld electronic device, said method comprising:

displaying a listing of email messages on a display screen of a handheld electronic device, said listing of email messages being associated with an email box that is user-accessible via the handheld electronic device;
designating an email message for being moved to a target folder in a hierarchical folder system wherein said target folder is capable of having subfolders therein;
and
executing a drop-action that deposits the designated email message into the target folder when no subfolders exist in said target folder and causing the display of a list of menu options comprising user-selectable actions available with respect to the designated email message upon execution of the drop-action relative to the target folder when subfolders do exist within the target folder, said list of menu options comprising:
(i) expand/collapse and (ii) file.

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A handheld electronic device programmed to enable filing an email message in a hierarchical folder system where the message to be filed is a member of a listing of messages in an email box that is presented on the display screen of the device, said handheld electronic device comprising:

a display screen on which a listing of email messages is displayed, said listing of email messages being associated with an email box that is user-accessible via the handheld electronic device and at least one of the email messages is user-designated for being moved to a target folder in a hierarchical folder system wherein said target folder is capable of having subfolders therein;
a keyboard located below said display screen and configured to accommodate textual input to the handheld electronic device;
and
a microprocessor having a control program associated therewith for controlling operation of said handheld electronic device, said control program configured to, based upon user-execution of a drop-action, deposit the designated email message into the target folder when no subfolders exist in said target folder and causing the display of a list of menu options comprising user-selectable actions available with respect to the designated email message upon execution of the drop-action relative to the target folder when subfolders do exist within the target folder, said list of menu options comprising:
(i) expand/collapse and (ii) file.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for a hierarchical folder system on a handheld electronic device

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Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for a hierarchical folder system on a handheld electronic device

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Abstract

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