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Samsung patents message app that sorts unread texts by topic

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method for an electronic device to automatically categorize incoming messages based on their content. When a user opens the messaging app, the interface displays unread messages grouped by these categories, allowing the user to tap a specific category to view only those related messages.

Why it mattersThis filing suggests a more organized way to manage notifications, potentially helping users quickly find specific types of messages like work emails or personal texts without scrolling through a single long list.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to in case that a message is received, identifying category information of the message on the basis of the content of the message, in case that an input for executing an application related to the message is detected, displaying a first user interface on a display, the first user interface including information related to unread messages based on category information satisfying a designated condition among at least one piece of category information and a list of the unread messages, in case that a first user input for displaying the unread messages is detected, displaying a second user interface on the display, the second user interface including at least one object indicating the at least one piece of category information, information related to at least one unread message mapped to the at least one piece of category information, and the list of the unread messages, and in case that a second user input for selecting one of the at least one object is detected, displaying a third user interface on the display, the third user interface including at least one message mapped to category information corresponding to the selected object.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a display; memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: in case that a message is received, identify category information of the message based on contents of the message, in case that an input for executing an application related to the message is detected, display, on the display, a first user interface including information related to unread messages based on category information satisfying a predetermined condition among at least one piece of category information, and a list of the unread messages, in case that a first user input for displaying the unread messages is detected, display, on the display, a second user interface including at least one object indicating the at least one piece of category information, information related to at least one unread message mapped to the at least one piece of category information, and the list of the unread messages, and in case that a second user input for selecting one of the at least one object is detected, display, on the display, a third user interface including at least one message mapped to category information corresponding to the selected object.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CATEGORY-BASED MESSAGE DISPLAY METHOD USING SAME
Publication number
US20260332694A1
Application number
19709650
Filed
Jun 16, 2026
Published
Oct 22, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

H04M 1/72436 Electricity & electronicsH04M 1/72472 Electricity & electronicsH04M 2201/42 Electricity & electronics
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