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Method and computer-readable medium for navigating between attachments to electronic mail messages

  • US 8,122,364 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2009
  • Issued: 02/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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