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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2007
Applicants:

Adam R. Cook, Apex, NC (US);

Sarah F. Hall, Cary, NC (US);

Xinyi Xu, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Inventors:

Adam R. Cook, Apex, NC (US);

Sarah F. Hall, Cary, NC (US);

Xinyi Xu, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 17/211 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for displaying authorship and time stamp data within an electronic mail (e-mail) message comprising multiple contributors. The recipient of a multiple author e-mail may view an e-mail inclusive or exclusive of an author's comments. The e-mail client is capable of identifying the author and insertion date of content included within an e-mail message by hovering on or near the word(s)/or phrase utilizing a pointing device. E-mail content may be viewed in chronological order of contribution(s) as selected by the recipient. Contributed content may be displayed chronologically, or color coordinated to avoid displacing key information.


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