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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
Kfir Karmon, Tel Aviv, IL;
Roy Varshavsky, Tel Aviv, IL;
Daniel Sitton, Tel Aviv, IL;
Limor Lahiani, Tel Aviv, IL;
Kfir Karmon, Tel Aviv, IL;
Roy Varshavsky, Tel Aviv, IL;
Daniel Sitton, Tel Aviv, IL;
Limor Lahiani, Tel Aviv, IL;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Messages to a focal user are organized by relevance of the message originators. A visual representation of the messages includes a focal user representation (textual or graphic) and multiple contact representations (textual or graphic). The contact representations are displayed at respective relevance distances from the focal user representation. Text regions present the contents of messages from the source contacts, e.g., using graphic novel-style word balloons. The contact representations can be positioned on screen in maps, radar format, or other configurations. Users can filter contacts according to relevance, and can filter messages by pertinence.