US 9,313,629 B2Granted

Method and system for filtering incoming messages to a mobile device

AssigneeHTC Corporation

InventorsYing-Ju Chen, John C. Wang

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Abstract

A system for managing and filtering incoming messages to a mobile device is configured to receive incoming messages using multiple formats, such as e-mail, Short Messaging System (SMS) messages, Multimedia Message System (MMS) messages, or other electronic messaging formats. One or more message filters are used to consolidate and display high importance messages by the device in a single location. The message filters may be configured to select incoming messages based on factors such as the identity of the sender and the destination account. After receiving a new message, the system compares characteristics of the incoming message to the key characteristics defined by one or more of the filters. If an incoming message matches one of the filters, the system adds the matching message to a list of high importance messages. The system provides a separate user interface to display the high importance messages.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A mobile device for receiving and managing messages comprising:

a display device contained in a housing;
a memory storing at least a first message and a second message,
wherein the first message is addressed to a first messaging account, and
the second message is addressed to a second messaging account, the
second messaging account different from the first messaging account;
and
a processor coupled among the display device and the memory;
wherein the processor is configured to execute various components, wherein the components comprise:
a filter manager component at the mobile device configured to create a messaging filter, wherein the messaging filter includes one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters are determined based at least in part on a recipient messaging account that a received message has been addressed to;
a filtering component at the mobile device configured to:
compare at the mobile device characteristic data associated with the first and second messages stored in the memory to the one or more parameters of the messaging filter,
wherein the characteristic data associated with the first and second messages includes that the first message is addressed to the first messaging account and the second message is addressed to the second messaging account, and
determine that at least one of the first and second messages is a high importance message based at least in part on the comparison;
and
a message tracker component configured to cause the display device to display a visual indication in response to at least one of the first and second messages being determined to be a high importance message.

12 more elements

A method for filtering and managing messages received at a mobile device, the method comprising:

generating a messaging filter at the mobile device, wherein the messaging filter includes at least one filter parameter,
wherein at least one filter parameter is determined based at least in part on a recipient messaging account that a received message is addressed to;
receiving a first message addressed to a first messaging account and a second message addressed to a second messaging account,
wherein the first messaging account is different from the second messaging account;
comparing at the mobile device characteristic data associated with the first message and characteristic data associated with the second message with at least one filter parameter of the messaging filter,
wherein the characteristic data associated with the first message includes data identifying that the first message is addressed to the first messaging account, and
wherein the characteristic data associated with the second message includes data identifying that the second message is addressed to the second messaging account;
based on the comparison, determining that at least one of the first message and the second message is a high importance message;
and
displaying a visual indication on a display component associated with the mobile device indicating that at least one of the first message and the second message is a high importance message.

7 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, implement a method to filter and manage messages received at a mobile device, the method comprising:

generating a messaging filter at the mobile device, wherein the messaging filter includes at least one filter parameter,
wherein at least one filter parameter is determined based at least in part on a recipient messaging account that a received message is addressed to;
receiving a first message addressed to a first messaging account and a second message addressed to a second messaging account,
wherein the first messaging account is different from the second messaging account;
comparing at the mobile device characteristic data associated with the first message and characteristic data associated with the second message with at least one filter parameter of the messaging filter,
wherein the characteristic data associated with the first message includes data identifying that the first message is addressed to the first messaging account, and
wherein the characteristic data associated with the second message includes data identifying that the second message is addressed to the second messaging account;
based on the comparison, determining that at least one of the first message and the second message is a high importance message;
and
displaying a visual indication on a display component associated with the mobile device indicating that at least one of the first message and the second message is a high importance message.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/682,651Filed 20 Nov 2012 · continuation
Priority: 6 Apr 2009
Published: US 2013/0150099 A113 Jun 2013
Granted: 12 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04W 4/14
Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements: short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
G06Q 10/107
Office automation; Time management: computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
H04L 51/214
Monitoring or handling of messages: using selective forwarding
H04M 1/575
Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set: means for retrieving and displaying…

Family

Application12/419,177Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Apr 2009
US 2013/0150099 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Jun 2013
US 8,315,607 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2010/0255817 A1Published application
US 9,313,629 B2This patent

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