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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Darrell J. Loverin, Boxborough, MA (US);
Jodi L. Coppinger, Merrimack, NH (US);
Douglas M. Conmy, Nashua, NH (US);
Eric M. Wilcox, Winchester, MA (US);
Paul B. Moody, Hyde Park, VT (US);
Darrell J. Loverin, Boxborough, MA (US);
Jodi L. Coppinger, Merrimack, NH (US);
Douglas M. Conmy, Nashua, NH (US);
Eric M. Wilcox, Winchester, MA (US);
Paul B. Moody, Hyde Park, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A display of color coding and selection highlighting may be provided. A secondary highlighting color may be provided to indicate messages related to a selected message. One or more of the following may also be provided: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.