System for providing a category separator in a list of documents
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface displayed on a display device for presenting one or more categories of related items to a user via a display, the display having a plurality of display lines, the graphical user interface comprising:
- at least a portion of a first category of related items;
at least a portion of a second category of related items, wherein each item is presented to the user on at least one display line on the display;
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;
a scroll control for 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,wherein the category separator is maintained 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; and
a displayed value displayed with the category separator that indicates a number of related items in the second category of related items that have been scrolled out of view of the display, wherein the displayed value is updated in response to said scrolling.
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Abstract
A system 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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26 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface displayed on a display device for presenting one or more categories of related items to a user via a display, the display having a plurality of display lines, the graphical user interface comprising:
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at least a portion of a first category of related items; at least a portion of a second category of related items, wherein each item is presented to the user on at least one display line on the display; 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; a scroll control for 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, wherein the category separator is maintained 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; and a displayed value displayed with the category separator that indicates a number of related items in the second category of related items that have been scrolled out of view of the display, wherein the displayed value is updated 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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19. A system for presenting one or more categories of related items to a user comprising:
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a display device having a plurality of display lines and configured to; present at least a portion of a first category of related items, and present 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; present 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; scroll 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; maintain 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; associate 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 update the displayed value in response to said scrolling. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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