Presenting e-mail on a touch device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016196031-A1
Application number	US-201615005959-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 25, 2016
Priority date	Jan 14, 2011
Publication date	Jul 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Messages are presented so as to make effective use of the display area to convey information to the user. For example, message content of primary interest to the user (e.g., new content) can be distinguished from secondary content (e.g., content quoted from a previous message), and the message can be initially displayed with the secondary content hidden using an expandable visual indicator that the user can expand to reveal the secondary content. Different elements within a message, such as textual content and graphical content elements, can be scaled independently using magnification factors optimized for each element.

First claim

1 - 16 . (canceled)

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions executable by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display, the instructions for:
concurrently displaying, on the display, a first pane and a second pane, wherein the first pane includes a plurality of items that represent sets of one or more messages; detecting selection of a respective item of the plurality of items; and in response to detecting selection of the respective item, in accordance with a determination that the respective item represents a plurality of messages, displaying representations of two or more of the plurality of messages represented by the respective item in the second pane while maintaining display of the plurality of items in the first pane.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further including instructions for:
in response to detecting selection of the respective item, in accordance with a determination that the respective item represents a single message, displaying a representation of the single message in the second pane while maintaining display of the plurality of items in the first pane.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein:
the representation of the single message extends an entire width of the second pane and the representations of the two or more of the plurality of messages extend less than the entire width of the second pane.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further including instructions for:
detecting a user input associated with an item of the plurality of items in the first pane; and in response to detecting the user input associated with the item of the plurality of items, displaying a plurality of sub-items in the first pane, the plurality of sub-items corresponding to a respective set of one or more messages of the item.

21 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , wherein a sub-item of the plurality of sub-items includes a preview item indicating a sender or a date of a respective message.

22 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , wherein a sub-item of the plurality of sub-items includes a portion of a body of a respective message.

23 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , further including instructions for:
detecting selection of a sub-item of the plurality of sub-items; and in response to detecting selection of the sub-item, replacing the representations of the two or more of the plurality of messages in the second pane with at least a portion of a respective message corresponding to the selected sub-item.

24 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , further including instructions for:
detecting selection of a sub-item of the plurality of sub-items; and in response to detecting selection of the sub-item, scrolling a respective message corresponding to the selected sub-item to a pre-determined position in the second pane.

25 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , wherein the plurality of items that represent sets of one or more messages in the first pane and the representations of the two or more of the plurality of messages represented by the respective item in the second pane include read status indicators.

26 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the first pane and the second pane are independently scrollable.

27 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further including instructions for:
concurrently displaying, on the display, a mailbox pane adjacent to the first pane, wherein the mailbox pane includes selectable options for at least one of draft messages and sent messages.

28 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein a representation of a first message of the two or more of the plurality of messages represented by the respective item in the second pane includes a header associated with the first message and a picture adjacent to the header, the picture associated with the first message.

29 . A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a display:
concurrently displaying, on the display, a first pane and a second pane, wherein the first pane includes a plurality of items that represent sets of one or more messages;
detecting selection of a respective item of the plurality of items; and
in response to detecting selection of the respective item, in accordance with a determination that the respective item represents a plurality of messages, displaying representations of two or more of the plurality of messages represented by the respective item in the second pane while maintaining display of the plurality of items in the first pane.

30 . An electronic device, comprising:
a display; a memory; one or more processors coupled to the display and the memory, the memory including instructions executable by the one or more processors for:
concurrently displaying, on the display, a first pane and a second pane, wherein the first pane includes a plurality of items that represent sets of one or more messages;
detecting selection of a respective item of the plurality of items; and
in response to detecting selection of the respective item, in accordance with a determination that the respective item represents a plurality of messages, displaying representations of two or more of the plurality of messages represented by the respective item in the second pane while maintaining display of the plurality of items in the first pane.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Bovet Simon I
• Baray Cristobal
• Lemay Stephen O

Classifications

• H04L51/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title