Method and computer-readable medium for navigating between attachments to electronic mail messages
First Claim
1. A method for navigating between one or more attachments to one or more electronic mail messages, the method comprising:
- displaying a user interface for an electronic mail application on a computing device, the user interface for the electronic mail application having a list pane for navigating among and selecting electronic mail messages and a reading pane for displaying previews of the electronic mail messages and attachments to the electronic mail messages;
displaying a conversation view of the electronic mail messages in the list pane, the conversation view in the list pane representing the electronic mail messages as email conversations;
in response to selection of an email conversation in the list pane, displaying sender identifiers of electronic mail messages associated with the selected email conversation, the sender identifiers displayed in the list pane at an indentation level indicating association of the electronic mail messages with the selected email conversation;
receiving a selection of a sender identifier of an electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation, the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation having an attachment;
displaying a preview of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation in the reading pane; and
displaying a selectable identifier in the list pane for the attachment of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation, the selectable identifier in the list pane for the attachment configured to display a preview of the attachment in the reading pane that replaces the preview of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation without switching context of the electronic mail application.
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Abstract
A method and computer-readable medium are provided for navigation between attachments to electronic mail messages. According to the method, a list of e-mail messages is displayed that includes header information associated with each of the messages. When one of the messages in the list is selected, a determination is made as to whether the selected message has attachments. If the selected message has attachments, an identifier is displayed adjacent to the header information for each attachment. The identifier indicates that the attachment is associated with the selected message and may provide other information such as the type and size of the attachment. The identifiers are displayed in a manner to indicate clearly to a user that the attachments are associated with the selected e-mail message. The identifiers may be selected to preview the corresponding attachment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for navigating between one or more attachments to one or more electronic mail messages, the method comprising:
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displaying a user interface for an electronic mail application on a computing device, the user interface for the electronic mail application having a list pane for navigating among and selecting electronic mail messages and a reading pane for displaying previews of the electronic mail messages and attachments to the electronic mail messages; displaying a conversation view of the electronic mail messages in the list pane, the conversation view in the list pane representing the electronic mail messages as email conversations; in response to selection of an email conversation in the list pane, displaying sender identifiers of electronic mail messages associated with the selected email conversation, the sender identifiers displayed in the list pane at an indentation level indicating association of the electronic mail messages with the selected email conversation; receiving a selection of a sender identifier of an electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation, the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation having an attachment; displaying a preview of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation in the reading pane; and displaying a selectable identifier in the list pane for the attachment of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation, the selectable identifier in the list pane for the attachment configured to display a preview of the attachment in the reading pane that replaces the preview of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation without switching context of the electronic mail application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to:
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display a user interface for an electronic mail application on a computing device, the user interface for the electronic mail application having a list pane for navigating among and selecting electronic mail messages and a reading pane for displaying previews of the electronic mail messages and attachments to the electronic mail messages; display a conversation view of the electronic mail messages in the list pane, the conversation view in the list pane representing the electronic mail messages as email conversations; in response to selection of an email conversation in the list pane, display sender identifiers of electronic mail messages associated with the selected email conversation, the sender identifiers displayed in the list pane at an indentation level indicating association of the electronic mail messages with the selected email conversation; receive a selection of a sender identifier of an electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation, the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation having an attachment; display a preview of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation in the reading pane; and display a selectable identifier in the list pane for the attachment of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation, the selectable identifier in the list pane for the attachment configured to display a preview of the attachment in the reading pane that replaces the preview of the electronic mail message associated with the selected email conversation without switching context of the electronic mail application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to:
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display a user interface for an electronic mail application, the user interface comprising a list pane for navigating among and selecting electronic mail messages and a reading pane for displaying previews of the electronic mail messages and attachments to the electronic mail messages; display an email conversation in the list pane, the email conversation associated with multiple electronic mail messages; in response to selection of the email conversation in the list pane, display sender identifiers in the list pane for the multiple electronic mail messages of the email conversation, the sender identifiers for the multiple electronic mail messages displayed in the list pane at an indentation level indicating association of the multiple electronic mail messages with the email conversation; and in response to selection of an electronic mail message of the email conversation having multiple attachments, display selectable identifiers in the list pane for the multiple attachments of the electronic mail message of the email conversation, the selectable identifiers for the multiple attachments displayed in the list pane at an indentation level indicating association of the multiple attachments with the electronic mail message of the email conversation, the selectable identifiers for the multiple attachments configured to display previews of the multiple attachments of the electronic mail message of the email conversation in the reading pane without switching context of the electronic mail application. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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