Identifying and displaying messages containing an identifier

• US 9,117,202 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2008
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Close, Tyler, Recker, John, Sayers, Craig, Robinson, Ian N
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHREWSBURY, NATHAN K
• Application Number:
  US12/254,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20090112720A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,499 Days
• Field of Search: 715/206, 715/201, 715/205
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0225 Avoiding frauds

Abstract

In a computerized method of identifying and displaying messages containing an identifier, where the messages are privately stored for restricted access by a user, the identifier of a document displayed in a navigation area result window is identified. In addition, the message store is scanned to identify messages containing the identifier and the messages identified as containing the identifier are displayed in a messaging area window.

Claims

1. A computerized method of identifying and displaying messages, wherein the messages are privately stored in a message store for restricted access by a user, said method comprising:

displaying a document in a navigation area result window, said document having an identifier;

in response to the document being displayed in the navigation area result window, automatically discovering the identifier of the document by identifying at least one of a uniform resource identifier of the document and at least one of an object contained in the document and a section of the document;

scanning through the message store to identify messages containing message identifiers that match the identifier of the document displayed in the navigation area result window; and

displaying the identified messages in a messaging area window, wherein the messaging area window is commonly displayed with the navigation area result window.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one of storing and updating messages in the message store, wherein the messages comprise messages received by and sent from a messaging application.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

creating an index of the messages stored in the message store; and

wherein scanning through the message store further comprises scanning through the index for messages containing the identifier.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein discovering the identifier of the document further comprises identifying fragment identifiers, wherein each of the fragment identifiers is associated with at least one of a respective object in the document and a segment of a video displayed in the document.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

actively monitoring the document to discover one or more additional identifiers in the document;

scanning through the message store to identify additional messages containing the one or more additional identifiers; and

displaying the additional messages identified as containing the one or more additional identifiers in the messaging area window.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a command to generate a new message;

opening a new message window; and

pre-populating the new message with the identifier of the document.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of messages to be summarized;

receiving a command to summarize the messages;

combining the selected messages into a summarized message in the messaging application; and

displaying the summarized message in place of the selected messages in the messaging area window.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining an orientation of a computing apparatus configured to display the navigation area result window and the messaging area window; and

displaying one of the navigation area result window and the messaging area window depending upon the orientation of the computing apparatus.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

identifying one or more advertising messages associated with the identifier of the document displayed in the navigation area result window; and

displaying the associated one or more advertising messages in the messaging area window.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

augmenting the message store with advertising messages, wherein the advertising messages are associated with one or more identifiers, and wherein identifying the one or more advertising messages further comprises identifying the one or more advertising messages from the advertising messages stored in the message store.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

tagging one or more of the messages stored in the message store with an expiration date;

determining whether the messages identified as containing the identifier have been tagged with the expiration date;

determining whether the expiration date has expired; and

discarding the messages containing an expired expiration date.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

tracking metrics of the messages displayed in the messaging area window; and

displaying the tracked metrics in one of the navigation area result window and the messaging area window.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifiers contained in the messages displayed in the messaging area result window include hypertext links, the method further comprising:

in response to receipt of a command to activate a hypertext link contained in the message, displaying the document associated with the activated hypertext link in the navigation area window.

14. A computerized system for identifying and displaying messages in a computing apparatus, said system comprising:

a message store privately accessible by a user;

a messaging application plug-in for at least one of storing and updating messages sent from and received by a messaging application in the message store;

a messaging area application to automatically discover an identifier of a document displayed in a navigation area result window by identifying at least one of a uniform resource identifier of the document and at least one of an object contained in the document and a section of the document in response to the document being displayed in the navigation area result window, wherein the messaging area application is configured to scan through the message store to identify the messages containing message identifiers that match the identifier of the document displayed in a navigation area result window and to display the identified messages in a messaging area window; and

a processing unit to implement the message store, the messaging application plug-in, and the messaging area application.

15. The computerized system according to claim 14, wherein the navigation area result window is controlled by a navigation area application, and wherein the messaging area application comprises a plug-in to the navigation area application.

16. The computerized system according to claim 14, wherein the messaging area application is further configured to cause the messaging application to open a new message window that is pre-populated with the identifier from the document displayed in the navigation area result window.

17. The computerized system according to claim 14, wherein the messaging area application is further configured to cause the messaging application to summarize a plurality of selected messages to create a summarized message and wherein the messaging area application is further configured to replace the plurality of selected messages with the summarized message in the messaging area window.

18. The computerized system according to claim 14, wherein the computing apparatus comprises a mechanism for determining an orientation of the computing apparatus, and wherein the messaging area application is configured to display one of the navigation area window and the messaging area window depending upon the determined orientation of the computing apparatus.

19. The computer and system according to claim 14, wherein the messaging area application is further configured to identify one or more of advertising messages associated with the identifier of the document displayed in the navigation area window and to display the associated one or more advertising messages in the messaging area window.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method of identifying and displaying messages wherein the messages are privately stored in a message store for restricted access by a user, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:

at least one of storing and updating messages in the message store, wherein the messages comprise messages received by brand sent from a messaging application of the computing apparatus;

automatically discovering an identifier of a document displayed in a navigation area result window by identifying at least one of a uniform resource identifier of the document and at least one of an object contained in the document and a section of the document in response to the document being displaced in the navigation area result window;

scanning through the message store to identify messages containing message identifiers that match the identifier of the document displayed in the navigation area result window; and

displaying the identified messages in a messaging area window.