System and method for scrolling among categories in a list of documents
First Claim
1. A method for presenting one or more categories of related items to a user via a display, the display having a plurality of display lines, the method comprising:
- presenting at least a portion of a first category of related items;
presenting at least a portion of a second category of related items, wherein each presented item is presented to the user on at least one display line on the display; and
presenting a category separator disposed between the portion of the first category of related items and the portion of the second category of related items.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for presenting one or more categories of related items to a user via a display, the display having a plurality of display lines, the method comprising:
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presenting at least a portion of a first category of related items;
presenting at least a portion of a second category of related items, wherein each presented item is presented to the user on at least one display line on the display; and
presenting a category separator disposed between the portion of the first category of related items and the portion of the second category of related items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A graphical user interface for presenting one or more categories of related messages in an inbox comprising:
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a first category separator corresponding to a first category of related messages; and
a second category separator corresponding to a second category of related messages, wherein each of the respective category separators separates the corresponding category of related messages from other categories in the inbox. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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