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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Marc W. Todd, Redmond, WA (US);
Darron Jack Stepanich, Seattle, WA (US);
David W. Flynt, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Joseph Kirk Ollis, Kirkland, WA (US);
Henry Chen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Marc W. Todd, Redmond, WA (US);
Darron Jack Stepanich, Seattle, WA (US);
David W. Flynt, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Joseph Kirk Ollis, Kirkland, WA (US);
Henry Chen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system of displaying items that gives the user the ability to easily access recently accessed items. The recent items list includes both incoming and outgoing correspondences that are attempted to be matched to the corresponding contact stored in the device. The user can access the recent contact list and reply using any communication method available. For instance, the user could reply by phone, email, send an instant messenger message, send an SMS message, and the like. The recent items list may also include items such as communications, contacts, folder, files, messages, applications, and the like. A coalesced list of the recently used items is shown so that an item is only shown once in the recent list. Any matched item in the recent list may also be shown in the alphabetical list that appears below the recent list.