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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Phillip Sharp, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xander Pollock, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for throttling display of clustered electronic messages are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes, at a computing device detecting occurrence of one or more cluster throttling trigger events for a first message cluster, of a first cluster type, in an email application. The method further includes updating a set of properties for the first message cluster in accordance with the one or more cluster throttling trigger events and comparing the updated set of properties for the first message cluster to one or more cluster display throttling rules associated with the first message cluster. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the set of properties for the first message cluster satisfies the one or more cluster display throttling rules, refreshing display of the first message cluster within a listing of electronic messages.