METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO FILTER AND DISPLAY ELECTRONIC MESSAGES
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1. A system to filter electronic messages (EMs) and to display the filtered EMs, comprising:
- a graphical user interface (GUI) module to present a GUI to a display and to receive filter and display criteria through the GUI, wherein the received display criteria include one or more sort criteria;
afilter to identify EMs that satisfy the received filter criteria; and
a selector to select a subset of data associated the EMs based on one or more of the received filter criteria and the received display criteria;
wherein the GUI module is implemented to display a list of the identified EMs and the subset of data within the GUIin accordance with the received sort criteria.
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Abstract
Methods and systems to present a relatively small combinational set of user-selectable filter and display criteria, through a relatively small number of visually-intuitive controls of an electronic message (EM) graphical user interface (GUI), and to translate a combination of user-selected criteria to a more-complex set of configuration parameters. Methods and systems disclosed herein may be implemented to provide filter and/or display configurations on-par or greater than conventional EM clients, in quantity and/or complexity, with less user-effort, knowledge, and navigational skill.
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1. A system to filter electronic messages (EMs) and to display the filtered EMs, comprising:
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a graphical user interface (GUI) module to present a GUI to a display and to receive filter and display criteria through the GUI, wherein the received display criteria include one or more sort criteria; afilter to identify EMs that satisfy the received filter criteria; and a selector to select a subset of data associated the EMs based on one or more of the received filter criteria and the received display criteria; wherein the GUI module is implemented to display a list of the identified EMs and the subset of data within the GUIin accordance with the received sort criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-implemented method of filtering and displaying electronic messages (EMs), comprising:
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presenting a GUI to a display and receiving filter and display criteria through the GUI, wherein the received display criteria includes one or more sort criteria; filtering EMs to identify EMs that satisfy the received filter criteria; selecting a subset of data associated with the EMs based on one or more of the received filter criteria and the received display criteria; and displaying a list of the identified EMs and the corresponding subset of data within the GUIin accordance with the received sort criteria. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program, including instructions to cause a processor to:
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receive filter and display criteria through a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the received display criteria includes one or more sort criteria; filter electronic messages (EMs) based on the received filter criteria to identify EMs that satisfy the received filter criteria; select a subset of data associated with the EMs based on one or more of the received filter criteria and the received display criteria; and display a list of the identified EMs and the corresponding subset of data within the GUIin accordance with the received sort criteria. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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