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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
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);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for rendering an e-mail item listing within a graphical user interface of an e-mail application on a display device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input from an input device to select a first item of the e-mail item listing, applying a first selection highlighting to the first item, wherein the applied first selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from a background color of the e-mail item listing, identifying a second item of the e-mail item listing based on a relation of the second item to the first item, and applying a second selection highlighting to the second item, wherein the applied second selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from the first selection highlighting and the background color.