Electronic device and method of messaging meeting invitees
A method of composing an email message at an electronic device and an electronic device operable to carry out the method are provided. The method includes receiving an email command from a user input of the electronic device through a calendar user interface, the email command relating to at least one of a plurality of intended attendees of a calendared meeting, and providing an email composition interface in response to receiving the email command. The email composition interface includes a user-editable portion of an address field. The user-editable portion of the address field is automatically populated with email address information for the at least one of the plurality of intended attendees.
1. A method comprising:
at a device comprising: a processor, an input device and a display, upon an invitee associated with an existing event being selected using the input device, rendering, at the display, messaging commands including: a first command specific to the invitee, and a second command;
upon one of the first command or the second command selected using the input device, rendering, at the display, a message composition interface that includes an editable portion of an address field, and excludes the existing event;
based upon the first command being selected, automatically populating, using the processor, the editable portion with a messaging address for the invitee; and,
based upon the second command being selected, automatically populating, using the processor, the editable portion with both the messaging address and another messaging address.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selection of the invitee occurs in a calendar interface comprising a selectable indication for composing a message to the invitee associated with the existing event.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the existing event is associated with a meeting invitation received at the processor prior to the invitee being selected, the existing event including a date, a time and the messaging address.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, at the processor, a meeting invitation for the existing event, that includes the messaging address; and, in response,
saving the existing event at a memory associated with the device.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, using the processor, from the device to the messaging address, a meeting invitation that includes the messaging address; and, in response,
saving the existing event at a memory associated with the device.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, upon one of the first command or the second command being selected, automatically populating a subject field of the message composition interface with data identifying the existing event.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first command and the second command are rendered at a calendar interface that occupies only a portion of the display.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first command and the second command are rendered in a menu of a calendar interface.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device further comprises one or more of a handheld device, a portable handheld device and a mobile handheld device.
10. A device comprising:
a processor, an input device and a display, the processor configured to:
upon an invitee associated with an existing event being selected using the input device, render, at the display, messaging commands including: a first command specific to the invitee, and a second command;
upon one of the first command or the second command being selected using the input device, render, at the display, a message composition interface that: includes an editable portion of an address field; and
excludes the existing event;
based upon the first command being selected, automatically populate, using the processor, the editable portion with a messaging address for the invitee; and,
based upon the second command being selected, automatically populate, using the processor, the editable portion with both the messaging address and another messaging address.
11. The device of claim 10 , wherein selection of the invitee occurs in a calendar interface comprising a selectable indication for composing a message to the invitee associated with the existing event.
12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the existing event is associated with a meeting invitation received at the processor prior to the invitee being selected; the existing event including a date, a time and the messaging address.
13. The device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a meeting invitation for the existing event, that includes the messaging address; and; in response,
save the existing event at a memory associated with the device.
14. The device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transmit from the device to the messaging address, a meeting invitation that includes the messaging address; and; in response,
save the existing event at a memory associated with the device.
15. The device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to: upon one of the first command or the second command being selected, automatically populate a subject field of the message composition interface with data identifying the existing event.
16. The device of claim 10 , wherein the first command and the second command are rendered at a calendar interface that occupies only a portion of the display.
17. The device of claim 10 , wherein the first command and the second command are rendered in a menu of a calendar interface.
18. The device of claim 10 , further comprising one or more of a handheld device, a portable handheld device and a mobile handheld device.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program executable by a processor of a device having an input device and a display, wherein execution of the computer program is to:
upon an invitee associated with an existing event being selected using the input device, render, at the display, messaging commands including: a first command to the invitee, and a second command;
upon one of the first command or the second command being selected using the input device, render, at the display, a message composition interface that:
includes an editable portion of an address field; and
excludes the existing event;
based upon the first command being selected, automatically populate the editable portion with a messaging address for the invitee; and,
based upon the second command being selected, automatically populate the editable portion with both the messaging address and another messaging address.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein selection of the invitee occurs in a calendar interface comprising a selectable indication for composing a message to the invitee associated with the existing event.