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Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2009
Applicants:

Robert W. Serr, Kirkland, WA (US);

Amit Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);

Mark Mcclelland, Seattle, WA (US);

Scott Huddleston, Redmond, WA (US);

Santhosh Misro, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Robert W. Serr, Kirkland, WA (US);

Amit Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);

Mark McClelland, Seattle, WA (US);

Scott Huddleston, Redmond, WA (US);

Santhosh Misro, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Users are enabled to traverse seamlessly between electronic mail and real time communications such as text messaging, group chats, and similar forms. A context of communications such as a history of the email exchange, attached or related documents, links, trail of exchanged text messages, and comparable information is used to automatically determine addressees for the communication form after the traverse and to provide context information.


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