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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for facilitating generation and utilization of group folders, according to embodiments of the present technology. In embodiments, an indication to merge a first folder associated with a first entity with a second folder associated with a second entity is received. Based on the indication to merge, a group folder associated with the first entity and the second entity is generated. A representation of the group folder is provided for presentation via a navigation pane of the messaging application. A selection of the representation of the group folder can cause execution of a search query in association with an index of messages to obtain messages associated with the first entity and/or the second entity.