Method and system for updating message threads
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1. A method for updating an electronic mail (“
- email”
) message presented to a user on a display screen of a data processing system, the email message belonging to a thread of email messages received by the data processing system, the method comprising;
determining whether one or more of the email messages in the thread was received after the email message is opened on the display screen; and
, if so, displaying an update message on the display screen indicating that one or more of the email messages in the thread was so received.
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Abstract
A method for updating an electronic mail (“email”) message presented to a user on a display screen of a data processing system, the email message belonging to a thread of email messages received by the data processing system, the method comprising: determining whether one or more of the email messages in the thread was received after the email message is opened on the display screen; and, if so, displaying an update message on the display screen indicating that one or more of the email messages in the thread was so received.
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1. A method for updating an electronic mail (“
- email”
) message presented to a user on a display screen of a data processing system, the email message belonging to a thread of email messages received by the data processing system, the method comprising;
determining whether one or more of the email messages in the thread was received after the email message is opened on the display screen; and
,if so, displaying an update message on the display screen indicating that one or more of the email messages in the thread was so received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for updating an electronic mail (“
- email”
) message presented to a user on a display screen, the email message belonging to a thread of email messages received by the system, the system comprising;
a processor coupled to an interface to a network and adapted for;
determining whether one or more of the email messages in the thread was received after the email message is opened on the display screen; and
,if so, displaying an update message on the display screen indicating that one or more of the email messages in the thread was so received. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer executable code for directing a data processing system to update an electronic mail (“
- email”
) message belonging to a thread of email messages received by the data processing system, the computer program product comprising;
code for determining whether one or more of the email messages in the thread was received after the email message is opened on the display screen; and
,code for, if so, displaying an update message on the display screen indicating that one or more of the email messages in the thread was so received.
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