System and method for providing a category separator 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, andpresenting 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;
presenting a category separator disposed between or in connection with the portion of the first category of related items and the portion of the second category of related items;
scrolling the first category of related items, the second category of related items, and the category separator in response to one or more actions by the user;
maintaining the category separator at a predetermined position on the display in response to further of said one or more actions by the user once the category separator reaches the predetermined position of the display;
associating the category separator with the second category of related items, the category separator including a displayed value that indicates a number of related items in the second category of related items that have been scrolled out of view of the display; and
updating the displayed value in response to said scrolling.
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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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18 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, and 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; presenting a category separator disposed between or in connection with the portion of the first category of related items and the portion of the second category of related items; scrolling the first category of related items, the second category of related items, and the category separator in response to one or more actions by the user; maintaining the category separator at a predetermined position on the display in response to further of said one or more actions by the user once the category separator reaches the predetermined position of the display; associating the category separator with the second category of related items, the category separator including a displayed value that indicates a number of related items in the second category of related items that have been scrolled out of view of the display; and updating the displayed value in response to said scrolling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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