PRESENTING LINK INFORMATION NEAR LINKS WITHIN ELECTRONIC MESSAGES
First Claim
1. A method for presenting link information near a link within an electronic message, comprising:
- detecting a link to content within an electronic message;
determining link information relating to the link that is externally located from the link that describes activity information relating to the linked content; and
displaying the link information near a display of the link within the electronic message.
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Abstract
Link information is presented near a link within an electronic message that describes activity information relating to the linked content. The link information may include many different type of information. For example, the link information may include editing information for the linked content (e.g. editors, editing time, number of edits), who has/has not reviewed the linked content, linked content information (e.g. summary, permissions, type of content, update times) and the like. The linked content may be a link to any type of content, such as word processing documents, spreadsheets, slides, websites and the like. Viewing the link information for the linked content provides a user with an indication of the activity regarding the linked content.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for presenting link information near a link within an electronic message, comprising:
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detecting a link to content within an electronic message; determining link information relating to the link that is externally located from the link that describes activity information relating to the linked content; and displaying the link information near a display of the link within the electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for presenting link information for links within an electronic message, comprising:
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detecting a link to content within an electronic message; determining link information relating to the link that is externally located from the link that describes activity information relating to the linked content, wherein the activity information includes editing information for the linked content; and displaying the link information near a display of the link within the electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for presenting link information for links within an electronic message, comprising:
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a network connection that is configured to connect to a network; a processor, memory, and a computer-readable storage medium; an operating environment stored on the computer-readable storage medium and executing on the processor; a messaging application; and a link information manager operating in conjunction with the messaging application that is configured to perform actions comprising; detecting a link to content within an electronic message; determining link information relating to the link that is externally located from the link that describes activity information relating to the linked content, wherein the activity information includes editing information for the linked content; and displaying the link information near a display of the link within the electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification