Message distribution warning indication
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorMihal Lazaridis
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for receiving and sending messages from a communication device is disclosed. Message recipient information is compared to stored information for potential recipients to determine whether a characteristic of the expression of the message on a device display should be changed such that the user perceives an unavoidable visual indication relating to the result of the comparison.
Claims28
A communication device configured to receive and send messages, comprising:
- a user interface including an input device for accepting identification of a recipient for a message including content, and a display for expressing said message to a user;
- a microprocessor and associated memory, coupled to said user interface;
- wherein said memory maintains a list of identifications of potential recipients and said microprocessor executes a stored program to compare said identifications in said list of potential recipients to said identification of said recipient and to unavoidably signal to the user via said display that said comparison has determined that said recipient identification has been found in said list.
A method of receiving and sending messages from a communication device, comprising the steps of:
- accepting identification of a recipient for a message including content from an input device;
- expressing said message to a user via a display;
- maintaining a list of identifications of potential recipients in a memory associated with a microprocessor;
- comparing said identifications in said list of potential recipients to said identification of said recipient;
- and
- changing a characteristic of the expression of said message on said display to unavoidably signal to the user via said display that said comparison has determined that said recipient identification has been found in said list.
A computer readable medium having stored therein a set of instructions that when executed cause a computer to implement a process of receiving and sending messages, said instructions comprising the steps of:
- accepting identification of a recipient for a message including content from an input device;
- displaying said message and identification to a user;
- maintaining a list of identifications of potential recipients;
- comparing said identifications in said list of potential recipients to said identification of said recipient;
- and
- unavoidably signaling to the user via said display that said comparison has determined that said recipient identification has been found in said list.
A method of receiving and sending messages from a communication device, comprising the steps of:
- accepting identification of a recipient for a message including content from an input device;
- expressing said message to a user via a display;
- maintaining a list of identifications of potential recipients in a memory associated with a microprocessor;
- comparing said identifications in said list of potential recipients to said identification of said recipient;
- and
- preventing the changing of a characteristic of the expression of said message on said display to unavoidably signal to the user via said display that said comparison has determined that said recipient identification has been found in said list.
A computer readable medium having stored therein a set of instructions that when executed cause a computer to implement a process of receiving and sending messages, said instructions comprising the steps of:
- accepting identification of a recipient for a message including content from an input device;
- displaying said message and identification to a user;
- maintaining a list of identifications of potential recipients;
- comparing said identifications in said list of potential recipients to said identification of said recipient;
- and
- preventing an unavoidable signaling to the user via said display when said comparison has determined that said recipient identification has been found in said list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.