# US 9,521,530 B2 · User interface and method for viewing short messages on a wireless device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,521,530 B2 - Document ID: US9521530B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/877,962 - Filed: 2015-10-08 - Published: 2016-01-28 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2000-07-19 - Assignees: BlackBerry Limited - Applicants: BlackBerry Limited - Inventors: Michael A. Maguire - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521530B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72436: for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails - H04L 51/04: Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] - H04L 51/216: Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads - H04M 1/7243: with interactive means for internal management of messages - H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] - H04L 2101/65: Telephone numbers - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method and electronic device. An electronic message is received at the communication device where the electronic message having an address associated therewith. An input is detected at the communication device to display the electronic message. The electronic message is displayed on a message viewer of the communication device. The electronic message is displayed chronologically in association with at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message where the at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message each has an associated address that matches the associated address of the electronic message. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method at a communication device, the method comprising: receiving an electronic message at the communication device, the electronic message having an address associated therewith; detecting an input at the communication device to display the electronic message; and displaying the electronic message on a message viewer of the communication device, the electronic message being displayed chronologically in association with at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message, the at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message each having an associated address that matches the associated address of the electronic message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the address associated with the electronic message is a telephone number. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic message is a short message service message. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying at least one other previously sent or previously received electronic message, the at least one other previously sent or previously received electronic messages each having an associated address that matches the associated address of the electronic message. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the message viewer is a scrollable message viewer. ### Claim 6 A communication device comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor; a message viewer; a message receiver coupled to the processor that when operating receives an electronic message, the electronic message having an address associated therewith a message display processor coupled to the processor that when operating: detects an input to display the electronic message; and displays the electronic message on the message viewer, the electronic message being displayed chronologically in association with at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message where the at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message each has an associated address that matches the associated address of the electronic message. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The communications device of claim 6, wherein the address associated with the electronic message is a telephone number. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The communications device of claim 6, wherein the electronic message is a short message service message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The communications device of claim 6, wherein the message display processor, when operating, further displays at least one other previously sent or previously received electronic message, the at least one other previously sent or previously received electronic messages each having an associated address that matches the associated address of the received electronic message. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The communications device of claim 6, wherein the message viewer is a scrollable message viewer. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for operating a communication device, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for: receiving an electronic message at the communication device, the electronic message having an address associated therewith; detecting an input at the communication device to display the electronic message; and displaying the electronic message on a message viewer of the communication device, the electronic message being displayed chronologically in association with at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message, the at least one previously sent or previously received electronic message each having an associated address that matches the associated address of the electronic message. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the address associated with the electronic message is a telephone number. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the electronic message is a short message service message. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise instructions for displaying at least one other previously sent or previously received electronic message, the at least one other previously sent or previously received electronic messages each having an associated address that matches the associated address of the electronic message. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the message viewer is a scrollable message viewer.