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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Joey Masterson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kenneth Fern, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Paul Limont, Redmond, WA (US);
Hayley Steplyk, Cambridge, MA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An attachment control to manage attachments in a conversation is provided. An application such as a communication application displays a conversation of grouped messages in response to a detection of a selection of a message summary associated with one of the grouped messages. An attachment control is generated to manage identified attachments in the grouped messages. The attachment control is displayed in proximity to the conversation. An attachment drop down menu that includes a listing of the attachments is displayed in response to an activation of the attachment control.