CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method of displaying a numeric count of distinct senders on a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
displaying an icon corresponding to an electronic messaging application on a graphical user interface of the wireless communication device;
receiving a plurality of electronic messages associated with the electronic messaging application from each of a plurality of senders;
prior to a user invocation of the electronic messaging application, visually modifying the displayed icon corresponding to the electronic messaging application to depict a distinct sender count that numerically identifies a number of distinct senders for which one or more of the plurality of received electronic messages remain unread;
in response to a user invocation of the electronic messaging application associated with the visually modified icon, displaying a graphic interface that includes a plurality of messaging entries, each messaging entry associated with a distinct sender; and
opening the electronic messaging application in response to selection of the displayed icon.
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