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Email user interface

US8689116B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 21, 2011
Grant dateApr 1, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0486
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a reply or forward command for a selected email message in an email user interface and display a composition window in response to the command, wherein the displaying includes a sequence of images to create the illusion of the composition window popping out of the selected email message, the sequence of images including an initial image that is a copy of the selected email message, a final image of the composition window including an editable body, and at least one image between the initial image and the final image that has characteristics of both the initial and final images.

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