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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
James Campbell Colson, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Lee White Eagle, Austin, TX (US);
James Campbell Colson, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Lee White Eagle, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for indicating most recent documents, such as email messages in a message file. A determination is made as to whether a more recent message in a thread of related messages is present in the message file in response to a first user input selecting a message for processing. A first indication of the more recent message is presented if the more recent message in the thread of related messages is present in the message file. A determination is made as to whether the more recent message in the thread of related messages has been received in the message file in response to a second user input to send the message. A second indication of the more recent message in the thread of related messages is presented if the more recent message in the thread of related messages has been received in the message file.