User interface for a message-based system having embedded information management capabilities
First Claim
1. A method for managing information items within a message-based system having a viewer, the method comprising the operations of:
- displaying a first viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system;
the first viewing pane showing a plurality of titled data items;
each titled data item representing a collection of information items associated with the titled data item;
at least one titled data item including a message as one of the information items in the collection;
the first viewing pane further showing, for each titled data item, a visual indication that the titled data item includes a message having a message status of unopened as one of the information items associated with the titled data item;
receiving a first selection signal from a user selecting one of the titled data items displayed in the first viewing pane;
displaying a plurality of information data items in a second viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system;
each information data item indicating one of the information items associated with the titled data item selected by the user;
one of the plurality of information data items indicating the message having the message status of unopened; and
displaying at least some of the contents of the message having the message status of unopened in a third viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system.
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Abstract
A method for managing and tracking information items within a message-based system. The message-based system has a viewer which include a first, a second and a third viewing panes. A plurality of thrasks is generated. Each of the thrasks includes at least one information item having a set of metadata. A new information item is sorted into one of the thrasks in accordance with at least one criterion. Some of the thrasks are displayed in the first viewing pane. A list of the information items of a thrask selected from the displayed thrasks is displayed in the second viewing pane. For each of the displayed information items at least one of the respective metadata is displayed. Some of the content of an information item selected from the list of the displayed information items is displayed in the third viewing pane.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for managing information items within a message-based system having a viewer, the method comprising the operations of:
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displaying a first viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system;
the first viewing pane showing a plurality of titled data items;
each titled data item representing a collection of information items associated with the titled data item;
at least one titled data item including a message as one of the information items in the collection;
the first viewing pane further showing, for each titled data item, a visual indication that the titled data item includes a message having a message status of unopened as one of the information items associated with the titled data item;receiving a first selection signal from a user selecting one of the titled data items displayed in the first viewing pane; displaying a plurality of information data items in a second viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system;
each information data item indicating one of the information items associated with the titled data item selected by the user;
one of the plurality of information data items indicating the message having the message status of unopened; anddisplaying at least some of the contents of the message having the message status of unopened in a third viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing information items within a message-based system having a viewer, the method comprising the operations of:
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receiving a message;
the message including at least one of an attached document and a reference URL indicating a web page in the World Wide Web;associating the message and the at least one of the attached document and the reference URL with one of a plurality of collections of information items; displaying a first viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system;
the first viewing pane showing a list of titled data items;
each titled data item representing one of the collections of information items;
at least one titled data item including the message as one of the information items in the collection;receiving a first selection signal from a user selecting, from the list of titled data items displayed in the first viewing pane, the titled data item including the message; displaying a plurality of information data items in a second viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system;
each information data item indicating one of the information items associated with the titled data item selected by the user;
the second viewing pane showing the message and the at least one of the attached document and the reference URL as separate and selectable information data items;receiving a second selection signal from a user selecting the at least one of the attached document and the reference URL from the list of information items displayed in the second viewing pane; and displaying at least some of the contents of the at least one of the attached document and the web page in the World Wide Web indicated by the reference URL in a third viewing pane within the viewer of the message-based system;
the user being able to display at least some of the contents of the at least one of the attached document and the web page in the World Wide Web indicated by the reference URL without opening or displaying the message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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