System and method of handling messages for forwarding

摘要

A message received, over a first message handling service, on a mobile wireless communication device may be forwarded using a second message handling service. When a user wishes to forward a received message object associated with a first message handling service, the user may be provided, by a new verb object, with the option to forward the received message object as a new message object associated with a second message handling service. In the event that the user exercises the option, the new verb object selects a previously existing verb object for generating the new message object. The new verb object then passes the received message object to the previously existing verb object.

主权项

1. A method of forwarding a received message, the method comprising, at a wireless communication device:
receiving, over a first message handling service, a message of a first message type, the receiving resulting in a received message; instantiating, from an object-oriented donor message class representing the first message type and implementing a predetermined object-oriented interface, a donor message object based on the received message; presenting a user interface at the wireless communication device, the user interface presenting multiple user-selectable options associated with different message handling services for forwarding the received message; upon user selection of one of the options, the selected option being associated with a second message handling service that transports messages of a second message type, requesting information elements from the donor message object via the predetermined object-oriented interface; receiving the information elements; populating a recipient message object with the information elements, the recipient message object being an instantiation of an object-oriented recipient message class representing the second message type; and performing the forwarding of the received message using the recipient message object, wherein the first message handling service is a Short Messaging Service (SMS), the received message is an SMS message and the second message handling service is an e-mail service, and wherein the information elements comprise a Subject element and further comprising generating the Subject element from a portion of a payload of the SMS message.