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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Afraz A. Siddiqui, Monroe, NJ (US);
John J. Lotito, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Joshua Bouckenooghe, Bothell, WA (US);
Thomas Charles Underhill, Oslo, NO;
Erin Woo, Alameda, CA (US);
Allison Bellew Sousa, Boulder, CO (US);
Peter Nagy, New York, NY (US);
Arnaud Vallat, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for initiating an instant messaging chat session from an email thread are described. In examples, an email thread including at least one email is received and user identifiers form the at least one email are extracted. Presence information associated with each user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers is obtained and then ordered. The ordered plurality of user identifiers together with their presence information are displayed in a user interface window. A determination to display a user control associated with an instant messaging capability is based on the presence information associated with at least one user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers. Upon receiving an indication that the user control associated with the instant messaging chat capability is selected, an instant messaging chat session is initiated.