Schedulable e-mail filters

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8930477-B2
Application number	US-201313775669-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2013
Priority date	Feb 9, 2007
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

An e-mail filter may be associated with a schedule defining a recurrent active time period. As such, some e-mail filters may be active at specific times of day and on specific days of the week and inactive the rest of the time. Before applying any filters, the current time is determined and it is determined which filters are active. The determination of which filters are active is based on the current time being within the active time period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of establishing an e-mail filter, the method comprising:
arranging presentation of a filter configuration user interface window for the e-mail filter, the filter configuration user interface window including a recurrence button and allowing definition of the e-mail filter;
determining that actuation of the recurrence button has occurred;
responsive to the determining, arranging presentation of a scheduling window, the scheduling window allowing…

Assignees

• Blackberry Ltd

Inventors

• May Darrell Reginald
• Hardy Michael Thomas

Classifications

• G06Q10/107 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L12/585 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/212 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic