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US 8,411,845 B2Granted
Handheld electronic device having improved phone call log, and associated method
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsAndrew D. Bocking, Raymond P. Vander Veen
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Abstract
An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide an improved call list that presents information relating to logged phone calls in a collapsed manner. A single entry is displayed on the call list to represent a call log of phone calls from the same phone number.
Claims30
A method of displaying a communications log on a mobile device, the method comprising:
- detecting an outgoing phone call associated with a phone number;
- detecting an incoming phone call associated with the phone number;
- storing in a memory communications-related information for the incoming phone call;
- storing in the memory communications-related information for the outgoing phone call;
- displaying an entry in the communications log associated with one of the outgoing phone call and the incoming phone call;
- and
- displaying at least part of a listing when the entry is selected, the listing comprising communications-related information stored in the memory associated with the phone number including the outgoing phone call and the incoming phone call associated with the phone number.
4 more elements
A mobile device comprising:
- a processor;
- an input apparatus coupled to the processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions being adapted to:
- detect an outgoing phone call associated with a phone number;
- detect an incoming phone call associated with the phone number;
- store in the memory communications-related information for the outgoing phone call;
- display an entry in the communications log associated with one of the outgoing phone call and the incoming phone call;
- and
- display at least part of a listing when the entry is selected, the listing comprising communications-related information stored in the memory associated with the phone number including the outgoing phone call and the incoming phone call associated with the phone number.
7 more elements
A method of displaying a communications log on a mobile device, the method comprising:
- displaying an entry in the communications log associated with one of an outgoing phone call associated with a phone number and an incoming phone call associated with the phone number;
- and
- displaying at least part of a listing when the entry is selected, the listing comprising communications-related information stored in a memory associated with the phone number including the outgoing phone call and the incoming phone call associated with the phone number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.