Displaying options, assigning notification, ignoring messages, and simultaneous user interface displays in a messaging application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11068157-B2
Application number	US-201916572343-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2019
Priority date	Jun 1, 2014
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and display can execute a messaging application. In the messaging application, swipe options can be displayed for messages and threads. Swipe options correspond to actions that can be taken on the messages or threads. Messages and threads can be associated with notification rules as well as be ignored. Composition interfaces and messages can be displayed simultaneously in the messaging application. The messaging application can display a conversation view of a message thread with a common header that can include subject information and names of participants in the threads. The messaging application allows for adding and removing participants to the conversation view. The messaging application allows for grouping search results from a search of messages using a search term. The grouping can be based on the location of the search term within the messages.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a messaging application, wherein the messaging application is configured to display a plurality of email messages;
identifying in the plurality of email messages a conversation thread, the conversation thread comprising two or more email messages from the plurality of email messages;
determining information common to the two or more email messages in the conversation thread, the common information comprising a conversation title and a number representing a number of email messages in the conversation thread;

in response to selection of at least one of the two or more email messages of the conversation thread, displaying a conversation view comprising a header area visually distinguished from a message area, wherein the header area includes a header displayed at a location distinct from the plurality of email messages, the header comprising the common information: and wherein the message area includes the two or more of the email messages in the conversation thread, each of the two or more email messages includes sender information and content information;
while displaying the conversation view, detecting a swipe input in the messaging application; and
in response to the swipe input in the messaging application, displaying additional common information in the header of the conversation view.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein in response to a request to view email messages in the conversation thread not displayed in a visible portion of the conversation view, displaying one or more additional email messages in the conversation thread, wherein each additional email message comprises sender information content information.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the header further comprises the number of email messages included in the conversation thread.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein a conversation name for the conversation thread is based at least in part on a subject line of each email message contained in the conversation thread.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
adding a participant to a plurality of participants in the conversation thread; and
in response to adding a participant to the plurality of participants,
displaying a name of the added participant visibly distinguished from the names of the other participants in the header, and
including an email message associated with the added participant to the conversation thread.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to selecting a participant of a plurality of participants in the conversation thread:
displaying a name of the selected participant in the header and removing from displaying names of all other participants of the plurality of participants, and
displaying below the header only email messages associated with the selected participant by displaying for each of the displayed email messages a sender of the email message but without displaying at least a portion of the common information of the email message.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
removing a participant from a plurality of participants in the conversation thread; and
in response to removing a participant from the plurality of participants:
displaying a name of the removed participant visibly distinguished from the names of the other participants in the header, and
removing an email message associated with the removed participant from the conversation thread.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein names of only a portion of all participants of a plurality of participants in the conversation thread is displayed in the header.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein at most two lines in the header are occupied by displayed names of a plurality of participants in the conversation thread.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for providing an option to display all names of a plurality of participants in the conversation thread in the header if only at most two lines in the header are occupied by displayed names.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for providing an option to display one of at least a portion of the two or more the email messages.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein names displayed in the header comprise a first name.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein names displayed in the header comprise a first name and a last name initial.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein names displayed in the header comprise a first name and if two or more of first names are identical the displayed names of the identical first names comprise the first name and a last name initial.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for displaying names in the header is in response to detecting a pull-down gesture.

16. A electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a touch-sensitive surface;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a messaging application, wherein the messaging application is configured to display a plurality of email messages;
identifying in the plurality of email messages a conversation thread, the conversation thread comprising two or more email messages from the plurality of email messages;
determining information common to the two or more email messages in the conversation thread, the common information comprising a conversation title and a number representing a number of email messages in the conversation thread;
in response to selection of at least one of the two or more email messages of the conversation thread, displaying a conversation view comprising a header area visually distinguished from a message area, wherein the header area includes a header displayed at a location distinct from the plurality of email messages, the header comprising the common information: and wherein the message area includes the two or more of the email messages in the conversation thread, each of the two or more email messages includes sender information and content information;
while displaying the conversation view, detecting a swipe input in the messaging application; and
in response to the swipe input in the messaging application, displaying additional common information in the header of the conversation view.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein in response to a request to view email messages in the conversation thread not displayed in a visible portion of the conversation view, displaying one or more additional email messages in the conversation thread, w

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Yang Lawrence Y
• Lemay Stephen O
• Jon Tiffany S
• Jisrawi Mohammed N
• Baray Cristobal
• Karunamuni Chanaka G

Classifications

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• G06F16/9538

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/24575

  using context · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title