Method, devices and system having out of office based presence

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016014056-A1
Application number	US-201514864180-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 24, 2015
Priority date	Jun 15, 2009
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A communication device receives an out-of-office message regarding a first contact. An application executing on the communication device displays a name of the first contact and an out-of-office indication regarding the first contact without displaying said out-of-office message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method performed by a communication device, the method comprising:
displaying a message composition user interface by an application executing on the communication device; determining whether an input received via the message composition user interface matches one or more entries in an address book; displaying a name and a presence indication for each of a plurality of matching entries, wherein the presence indication is based on a color associated with the name; receiving a selection of one of the displayed names via the message composition user interface; and sending a message to a contact associated with the selected name.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the input is displayed in one of a “To” field or a “CC” field of the message composition user interface.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application is an electronic messaging application comprising a common lookup module providing centralized lookup capabilities for contact information for different applications on the communication device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the color associated with the name is at least one of a text color or a background color of the name.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is received via the message composition user interface.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is one of a text message, short message service (SMS) message, multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, email message, or chat application message.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is out of office or in the office.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is available or unavailable.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is present or not present.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is able to communicate or unable to communicate.

11 . A communication device comprising a memory device and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory device such that when executed, cause the communication device to:
display a message composition user interface by an application executing on the communication device; receive an input via the message composition user interface; determine whether the input matches one or more entries in an address book; display a name and a presence indication for each of a plurality of matching entries, wherein the presence indication is based on a color associated with the name; receive a selection of one of the displayed names; and send a message to a contact associated with the selected name.

12 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the input is displayed in one of a “To” field or a “CC” field of the message composition user interface.

13 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the application is an electronic messaging application comprising a common lookup module providing centralized lookup capabilities for contact information for different applications on the communication device.

14 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the color associated with the name is at least one of a text color or a background color of the name.

15 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the message is received via the message composition user interface.

16 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the message is one of a text message, short message service (SMS) message, multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, email message, or chat application message.

17 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is out of office or in the office.

18 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is available or unavailable.

19 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is present or not present.

20 . The communication device of claim 11 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is able to communicate or unable to communicate.

21 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer instructions executable by a processor to implement a method, the method comprising:
displaying a message composition user interface by an application executing on a communication device; determining whether an input received via the message composition user interface matches one or more entries in an address book; displaying a name and a presence indication for each of a plurality of matching entries, wherein the presence indication is based on a color associated with the name; receiving a selection of one of the displayed names via the message composition user interface; and sending a message to a contact associated with the selected name.

22 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the input is displayed in one of a “To” field or a “CC” field of the message composition user interface.

23 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the application is an electronic messaging application comprising a common lookup module providing centralized lookup capabilities for contact information for different applications on the communication device.

24 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the color associated with the name is at least one of a text color or a background color of the name.

25 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the message is received via the message composition user interface.

26 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the message is one of a text message, short message service (SMS) message, multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, email message, or chat application message.

27 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is out of office or in the office.

28 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is available or unavailable.

29 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is present or not present.

30 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the color of the presence indication indicates whether a user of the communication device is able to communicate or unable to communicate.

Assignees

• Blackberry Ltd

Inventors

• Griffin Jason Tyler

Classifications

• G06Q10/107 Primary

  Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing] · CPC title

• H04L51/043 Primary

  using or handling presence information · CPC title

• H04L51/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/42

  Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes · CPC title