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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12124694-B2
Application number	US-202318499158-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2023
Priority date	Jun 1, 2014
Publication date	Oct 22, 2024
Grant date	Oct 22, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device with display can execute a 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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device configured to communicate with a display, comprising:
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 in a messaging application a conversation thread in an inbox view; and
in response to selection of the conversation thread for display in a conversation view in the messaging application:
identifying a plurality of email messages contained in the conversation thread;
determining information common to the plurality of email messages corresponding to the conversation thread, the common information comprising a conversation name for the conversation thread based at least in part on a subject line of an email message contained in the conversation thread;
displaying a header in the conversation view for the conversation thread, the header comprising the common information and names of a plurality of participants included in the conversation thread; and
displaying, below the header, two or more of the plurality of email messages contained in the conversation thread by displaying for each of the two or more of the plurality of email messages a sender of the email message but without displaying at least a portion of the two or more of the plurality of email messages.

2. The electronic device 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 includes sender information and content information.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the header further includes an indicator, wherein the indicator includes a number of email messages included in the conversation thread.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conversation name for the conversation thread is based at least in part on the subject line of each email message contained in the conversation thread.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
adding a participant to the plurality of participants; and
in response to adding the participant to the plurality of participants:
displaying a name of the added participant visibly distinguished from names of other participants in the header; and
including an email message associated with the added participant to the conversation thread.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
in response to selecting a participant of the plurality of participants:
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 electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
removing a participant from the plurality of participants; and
in response to removing the participant from the plurality of participants:
displaying a name of the removed participant visibly distinguished from the names of other participants in the header; and
removing an email message associated with the removed participant from the conversation thread.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein names of only a portion of all participants of the plurality of participants are displayed in the header.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at most two lines in the header are occupied by displayed names of the plurality of participants.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
providing an option to display all names of the plurality of participants in the header if only at most two lines in the header are occupied by displayed names.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
providing an option to display one of the at least the portion of the two or more of the plurality of email messages.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the names of the plurality of participants included in the conversation thread include first names of the plurality of participants included in the conversation thread.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the names of the plurality of participants included in the conversation thread include first name and last name initials of the plurality of participants included in the conversation thread.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the names of the plurality of participants included in the conversation thread include a first name and if two or more of the displayed first names are identical the displayed names of the identical first names include the first name and a last name initial.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein displaying the names of the plurality of participants in the header is in response to detecting a pull-down gesture.

16. 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 that is in communication with a display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying in a messaging application a conversation thread in an inbox view; and
in response to selection of the conversation thread for display in a conversation view in the messaging application:
identifying a plurality of email messages contained in the conversation thread;
determining information common to the plurality of email messages corresponding to the conversation thread, the common information comprising a conversation name for the conversation thread based at least in part on a subject line of an email message contained in the conversation thread;
displaying a header in the conversation view for the conversation thread, the header comprising the common information and names of a plurality of participants included in the conversation thread; and
displaying, below the header, two or more of the plurality of email messages contained in the conversation thread by displaying for each of the two or more of the plurality of email messages a sender of the email message but without displaying at least a portion of the two or more of the plurality of email messages.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium 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, wherein each additional email message includes sender information and content information.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the header further includes an indicator, wherein the indicator includes a number of email messages included in the conversation thread.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the conversation name for the conversation thread is based at least in part on the subject line of each email message contained in the conversation thread.

20. The non-transitory computer-re

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04L51/216

  Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads · CPC title

• H04L51/42 Primary

  Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes · CPC title

• H04M1/72436

  for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails · CPC title

• H04M2250/22

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

• G06Q10/107

  Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing] · CPC title