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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2008
Robert Emmett Mccann, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Anthony Affronti, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Russell Brauninger, Seattle, WA (US);
Jorge Pereira, Seattle, WA (US);
James J. Edelen, Iv, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Emmett McCann, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Anthony Affronti, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Russell Brauninger, Seattle, WA (US);
Jorge Pereira, Seattle, WA (US);
James J. Edelen, IV, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Technologies are described herein for a user interface uniting two primary components, a list view and a reading pane, within a message reading application. Technologies are also described for synchronizing status and parameters between the two primary user interface components. In particular, a user interface for reading messages can represent all components of a conversation with both a list view for presenting a message map, and a reading pane for presenting a content view. The list view can present a list of messages grouped by conversation. The reading pane window can contain smaller windows or frames. Each of the smaller windows or frames can contain a message within a given conversation. Synchronization provided between the list view and a reading pane can allow message selection in one of the user interface components to cause display and selection of the corresponding message in the other user interface component.