METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SESSION PLACEHOLDER FOR MESSAGE COLLECTION USER INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly embodying code for implementing a method of representing a conversation of related messages in a message collection user interface displayed on a computing device, the message collection user interface displaying a list of messages from one or more communications applications on the computing device, the computer program product having:
- code for defining at least one dynamic session placeholder representing a conversation of related messages; and
code for displaying the dynamic session placeholder as a single entry in the list of messages displayed in the message collection user interface.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for representing a conversation of related messages is provided. In a message collection user interface for displaying messages sent and received by a communications device, a dynamic session placeholder is used for a respective conversation of related messages. The message collection user interface is displayed including any dynamic session placeholders in the list of messages. As messages from the conversation are occasioned, the dynamic session placeholder is updated. When the message collection is displayed, it is displayed in accordance with the updated session placeholder.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly embodying code for implementing a method of representing a conversation of related messages in a message collection user interface displayed on a computing device, the message collection user interface displaying a list of messages from one or more communications applications on the computing device, the computer program product having:
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code for defining at least one dynamic session placeholder representing a conversation of related messages; and code for displaying the dynamic session placeholder as a single entry in the list of messages displayed in the message collection user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of representing a conversation of related messages in a message collection user interface, comprising the steps of:
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defining a dynamic session placeholder for a respective conversation of related messages, said dynamic session placeholder representing as a single entry a collection of messages constituting a common communication session; and displaying the message collection user interface comprising the dynamic session placeholder in a list of messages. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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