Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Jason Todd Henderson

David Claux

Oleg Ouliankine

Andrew Salamatov

Michael Anthony Faoro

Warren Randall Byrne

Chao-Chung Lin

Carlos Brito

Sudhakar Pasupuleti

Robert Meyer

Ryan Edward Gregg

Justin B Mahood

Keyur Rahul Patel

Pretish Abraham

John Leslie Gibbon

Andrew John Sullivan

Philip Yue-Leung Chan

Paul Virag

Angela So

Chia-Wei Chang

David Pierre Marcel Claux

Guojun Yu

Kee Hyuk Park

Shivani Chaturvedi

Jonathan David Friedman

Lawrence Fubini Waldman

Shahar Prish

Joseph McLaughlin

Rolando Jimenez Salgado

Russell Lee Simpson, Jr

Yamin Wang

Zhenyu Tang

Rolando Jimenez-Salgado

Eva Britta Karolina Burlin

Juan Gabriel Balmori Labra

Jasdeep Singh Chugh

Steven Michael Clagg

Joseph Wai-Yan Woo

Mark Brewster

Kristian Lennart Magnus Andaker

Matthias Adam Leibmann

Patrick Michael Conlan

Brian Kress

Oleg Ovanesyan

Steve Clagg

Dmitry Alexeenko

Ben Sack

Jose Calzada Gomez

Kristian Lm Andaker

Russell Lee Simpson

Joseph P Mclaughlin

An extensibility model is used to provide active and interactive functionality in communication items, but the embodiments are not so limited. A computer system of an embodiment includes components configured to identify one or more activation triggers that operate to activate gadget code using an isolated code execution environment as part of injecting content into an email communication. A method of one embodiment provides an extensibility framework for using defined gadget triggers and associated gadget functionality as part of automatically injecting content inline with a mail message.

Extensibility features for electronic communications

Activating an extension includes opening a first compose application by a first computing device. A composed document is received, and an extension is activated in response to the document. The extension may be activated as the document is being composed.

Compose application extension activation

Application extension management may be provided. Upon logging into a user device by a user, a list of a plurality of extensions associated with the user may be retrieved from a central repository. Access to each of the plurality of extensions associated with the user on the user device may then be provided to the user device.

Installation and management of client extensions

Application extension management may be provided. A plurality of related documents may be scanned to determine whether an activation trigger associated with an application extension has been triggered. In response to determining that the activation trigger associated with the application extension has been triggered, the application extension may be triggered and a user interface element associated with the application extension may be displayed according to a display rule.

Dynamic extension view with multiple levels of expansion

A compose form for drafting a message is presented inline within a window along with a message list. For example, instead of overlaying the message application's user interface (UI) with a new window for composing a message, the compose form is displayed within a portion of the window reserved for viewing content of messages. While composing the message using the compose form, the rest of the message application's UI remains visible and accessible to the user. For example, the user may navigate to another folder and/or move to another message/conversation by interacting with the tree view/message list view. A draft of the message being composed may be automatically saved when the user navigates away from the compose form (e.g. by selecting another conversation in the list view).

Inline message composing with visible list view

Systems, methods, and software disclosed herein facilitate draft reminders. In at least one implementation, a primary view of an information management application is rendered. In various scenarios the primary view may include primary items, such as emails, events, tasks, or other types of items. When a reminder view is invoked, draft items are identified to include in the reminder view. The reminder view is then rendered in an overlaid manner with respect to the primary view and includes the draft items.

Reminder views in email applications

Extension activation may be provided. Upon receiving a new document associated with a plurality of related documents, extension trigger conditions may be evaluated. In response to determining that an extension trigger is satisfied, a user interface element associated with the extension trigger may be displayed.

Extension activation for related documents

Reminder views for facilitating draft reminders

Draft management for new electronic communication messages in a mailbox folder is provided. When a user selects to create a new email message, a draft of the new message may appear in a list view of one or more of the user's mailbox folders. The list view may display aggregated contents from both a mailbox folder and the drafts folder. Drafts may be identified as draft messages so that it may be easy for the user to distinguish between draft messages and other email messages. When a draft is deleted or when a draft is sent, it may be removed from the list view. Additionally, selection controls may be provided in the user interface to sort email items by groupings. Selection of a drafts selection control may cause a display of the draft items in the user's email account.

Enhanced electronic communication draft management

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Jason Todd Henderson