System and method for managing informational objects on mobile devices
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorIan M. Robertson
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Abstract
A system and method for managing informational objects on a mobile device. A user-selectable option is displayed to a user of the mobile device. The option is associated with an action to be performed on informational objects sharing at least one specified characteristic (e.g., storing all e-mail messages that are part of the same thread in a folder, generating a distribution list of contacts belonging to a specified group). After the user has selected the option, the application identifies informational objects having the at least one specified characteristic and performs the action on the identified objects.
Claims20
A method of managing contact records on a mobile device, the method comprising:
- displaying a user-selectable option on the mobile device, the option associated with an action to be performed on a plurality of contact records that share at least one specified characteristic;
- determining when the user has selected the option;
- after determining that the user has selected the option,
- identifying the plurality of contact records that share the at least one specified characteristic;
- and
- performing the action on the plurality of contact records.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions for managing contact records on a mobile device, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor of the mobile device, the processor is configured to:
- display a user-selectable option on the mobile device, the option associated with an action to be performed on a plurality of contact records that share at least one specified characteristic;
- determine when the user has selected the option;
- after determining that the user has selected the option,
- identify the plurality of contact records that share the at least one specified characteristic;
- and
- perform the action on the plurality of contact records.
A mobile device for managing contact records, the mobile device comprising a processor and a memory storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to:
- display a user-selectable option on the mobile device, the option associated with an action to be performed on a plurality of contact records that share at least one specified characteristic;
- determine when the user has selected the option;
- after determining that the user has selected the option,
- identify the plurality of contact records that share the at least one specified characteristic;
- and
- perform the action on the plurality of contact records.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.