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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
Jose H. Durazo, Seattle, WA (US);
Jensen M. Harris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Martijn E. Van Tilburg, Seattle, WA (US);
William A. Avery, Redmond, WA (US);
Bruce D. Wiedemann, Redmond, WA (US);
Jose H. Durazo, Seattle, WA (US);
Jensen M. Harris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Martijn E. Van Tilburg, Seattle, WA (US);
William A. Avery, Redmond, WA (US);
Bruce D. Wiedemann, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Improved conversation grouping methods and systems are provided for electronic mail records. Electronic mail messages that are unread or flagged for follow-up are automatically displayed under an associated conversation grouping heading. If a conversation grouping contains only a single unread or flagged electronic mail message, the single electronic mail message is automatically displayed under the conversation grouping heading for review by a user. For a conversation grouping having no unread or flagged electronic mail messages, the latest electronic mail message in the grouping is automatically displayed under the conversation grouping heading.