Francis Thomas Riddle

US Patent:

8380231, Feb 19, 2013

Filed:

Feb 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/713314

Inventors:

Francis Thomas Riddle - Andover MA, US
John Bennett Parrett - Andover MA, US

Assignee:

Research In Motion Limited - Waterloo

International Classification:

H04W 4/12

US Classification:

455466

Abstract:

A system and method are provided for managing messages in conversational-type messaging applications. To provide continuity across all conversations with a particular recipient, an existing or not-yet-created 1:1 conversation can be populated with 1:Many messages that include the same recipient in the list of addressees. In this way, any 1:1 chat or conversation with a particular recipient will contain all correspondences with that recipient, regardless of whether the message was sent or received in a 1:1 or 1:Many context. As such, the user has access to all information that has been exchanged with that recipient in one messaging screen to avoid the need to traverse multiple messaging screens to obtain the context or information related to the recipient that the user requires.

US Patent:

8478352, Jul 2, 2013

Filed:

May 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/149238

Inventors:

Leonid Vymenets - Mississiauga, CA
Francis Thomas Riddle - Andover MA, US
Henry Yao-Tsu Chen - Waterloo, CA

Assignee:

Research In Motion Limited - Waterloo, Ontario

International Classification:

H04B 1/38

US Classification:

455566, 455466, 4554041, 4554121, 4554122

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for use in providing presentations for the composition of messages having size limitations are described. A communication device receives, via its user interface, one or more character inputs in a message composition field for a new message being composed. While a character count of the message is less than a warning count value, the device refrains from presenting the number of allowed characters remaining for entry in the message. On the other hand, while the character count is greater than or equal to the warning count value, the device causes the number of allowed characters remaining for entry in the message to be presented. The message may be transmitted via a wireless network via a short message service (SMS). In one example, the number of remaining characters is provided in an alert bar, which is presented by being set in motion from an initial hidden position behind the message composition field to a final revealed position, with intermediate positions therebetween.

US Patent:

8521136, Aug 27, 2013

Filed:

Apr 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/087901

Inventors:

Francis Thomas Riddle - Andover MA, US
John Bennett Parrett - Andover MA, US

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited - Waterloo, Ontario

International Classification:

H04L 12/58
H04L 29/08
H04W 4/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

4554121, 4554144, 455466, 709206

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for use in communicating messages from a communication device are described. The device receives, via its user interface, an input request for creating a new message. The device also receives, via its user interface, one or more input requests for selecting one or more message recipient identifiers for the new message. In response to receiving the one or more input requests, the device identifies whether a stored conversation thread is associated with conversation participant identifiers that match the conversation participant identifiers for the new message. If so, the device displays the identified conversation thread together with a message body input field of the new message, prior to entry of message body contents in the message body input field. The device then receives, via the user interface, the message body contents in the message body input field, and causes the new message to be transmitted to one or more communication devices identified by the one or more message recipient identifiers.

US Patent:

20080189440, Aug 7, 2008

Filed:

Feb 2, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/670881

Inventors:

Sidd Goyal - Boston MA, US
Francis Thomas Riddle - Portsmouth NH, US
Frank Judge - Haverhill MA, US

Assignee:

PALM, INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709248

Abstract:

A method of synchronizing data elements between devices can include receiving at a first device, from only one of multiple peer devices with which the first device is configured to synchronize, a request to synchronize data between the first device and the only one peer device; identifying data elements stored in the first device that have changed since a previous synchronization operation between the first device and the only one peer device; and transmitting, directly and solely to the only one peer device, for each of the identified data elements, a local data identifier and a corresponding change to be applied to a data element in the only one peer device that corresponds to the local data identifier. In some implementations, each local data identifier is transmitted in a format in which it is maintained in the first device.

US Patent:

20110004584, Jan 6, 2011

Filed:

Apr 28, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/769310

Inventors:

Sidd Goyal - Boston MA, US
Francis Thomas Riddle - Portsmouth NH, US
Frank Judge - Haverhill MA, US

Assignee:

PALM, INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707622, 707E17032

Abstract:

A method of synchronizing data elements between devices can include receiving at a first device, from only one of multiple peer devices with which the first device is configured to synchronize, a request to synchronize data between the first device and the only one peer device; identifying data elements stored in the first device that have changed since a previous synchronization operation between the first device and the only one peer device; and transmitting, directly and solely to the only one peer device, for each of the identified data elements, a local data identifier and a corresponding change to be applied to a data element in the only one peer device that corresponds to the local data identifier. In some implementations, each local data identifier is transmitted in a format in which it is maintained in the first device.

US Patent:

20130125019, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/295404

Inventors:

Leonid Vymenets - North York, CA
Henry Yao-Tsu Chen - Waterloo, CA
Francis Thomas Riddle - Portsmouth NH, US

Assignee:

RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED - Waterloo

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

715752

Abstract:

A system and a method are provided for displaying message history while composing a message. The method includes displaying a message composition application comprising a first recipient field, a message history display area, and a message composition field; detecting an input into the first recipient field for specifying a recipient; and upon detecting that the recipient has been specified: displaying a second recipient field; navigating application focus from the first recipient field to the second recipient field; and displaying a message history associated with the recipient in the message history display area.

US Patent:

20230110143, Apr 13, 2023

Filed:

Oct 10, 2022

Appl. No.:

18/045370

Inventors:

- Waterloo, CA
Francis Thomas Riddle - Portsmouth NH, US
Henry Yao-Tsu CHEN - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/107
G06F 40/10

Abstract:

A system and a method are provided for displaying message history while composing a message. The method includes displaying a message composition application comprising a first recipient field, a message history display area, and a message composition field; detecting an input into the first recipient field for specifying a recipient; and upon detecting that the recipient has been specified: displaying a second recipient field; navigating application focus from the first recipient field to the second recipient field; and displaying a message history associated with the recipient in the message history display area.