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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Keith Jonathan Coleman, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Douglas Alexander Aberdeen, Adliswil, CH;

Paul Morrell McDonald, Danville, CA (US);

Annie Chen, Thalwil, CH;

Andrew Ward Moedinger, Canton of Zurich, CH;

Klaus Martin Kretzschmar, Zurich, CH;

Jason Briggs Cornwell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Debra Joy Lauterbach, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting electronic messages are provided. In some implementations, a method includes, at a computing device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, (A) causing to be concurrently displayed in an E-mail application (i) a first view of a message folder that includes one or more electronic messages and (ii) a user interface control indicating one or more alternate views are available for the message folder, wherein the user interface control persistently indicates the availability of the one or more alternative views and (B) hiding the user interface control, without user intervention, responsive to the occurrence of a predetermined system event.


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