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Email system with conversation-centric user interface

  • US 7,912,904 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2004
  • Issued: 03/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for searching messages in a conversation-based message system, comprising:

  • at a client computer, responding to receipt of a query from a requestor, the query having one or more query terms, including;

    transmitting the query over a network to a conversation management system;

    receiving from the conversation management system a list of conversations that match the one or more query terms, each of the conversations in the list having a respective conversation identifier, and wherein each conversation comprises one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet first predefined criteria and at least one conversation in the list of conversations comprises a plurality of messages; and

    presenting at least a portion of the list of conversations to the requestor, each conversation listed in the presented portion of the list being represented as a single item, the presented portion of the list including a plurality of items, each representing a distinct conversation, at least one of which comprises a plurality of messages, wherein each item representing a conversation having a plurality of messages has an associated icon indicating the number of electronic messages in the conversation.

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