MANAGING CONVERSATIONS - MICROSOFT CORP

Title:

MANAGING CONVERSATIONS

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/057498

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

Technologies are generally described for providing a system to facilitate efficient management and prioritization of conversations, such as emails, in a communication application. Conversations may be prioritized according to user preferences, and an inbox may be rearranged to display important conversations in a user defined order. Conversations may also be associated together so that they may appear together and flow together in the inbox. Additionally, the system may enable a user to delay display of a conversation until a later time based on various criteria such as location, time, and client device. A user may also move important emails to the top of an inbox for prominent display. The system may perform the actions automatically based on observed user behavior. Furthermore, the system may enable touch interactions for interacting with and managing the conversations, and quick controls may be provided for executing commands to perform actions associated with the conversations.

Inventors:

FRIEND NED BEARER (US)
BAER MATTHIAS (US)
SMITH NICHOLAS (US)
LACEY TREVOR NEIL (US)
ENGRAV PETER LOREN (US)
BORYSENKO MICHAEL (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2014/059990

Publication Date:

June 18, 2015

Filing Date:

October 10, 2014

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORP (US)

International Classes:

G06F15/16

Foreign References:

US20130218897A1	2013-08-22
US20080126951A1	2008-05-29
US20100169264A1	2010-07-01
US20140082521A1	2014-03-20

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