Inline message composing with visible list view

US10862840B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• David Claux · Redmond, US
• Michael Anthony Faoro · North Bend, US
• John Leslie Gibbon · Renton, US
• Jason Todd Henderson · Redmond, US
• Chao-Chung Lin · Redmond, US
• Robert Steven Meyer · Seattle, US
• Andrew John Sullivan · Seattle, US
• Guojun Yu · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/02
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A compose form for drafting a message is presented inline within a window along with a message list. For example, instead of overlaying the message application's user interface (UI) with a new window for composing a message, the compose form is displayed within a portion of the window reserved for viewing content of messages. While composing the message using the compose form, the rest of the message application's UI remains visible and accessible to the user. For example, the user may navigate to another folder and/or move to another message/conversation by interacting with the tree view/message list view. A draft of the message being composed may be automatically saved when the user navigates away from the compose form (e.g. by selecting another conversation in the list view).