Patent ID: 9311626
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: generating a received message user interface display object for a local user to read an original received electronic mail message, wherein said received message user interface display object includes a first user selectable option; responsive to detecting selection of said first user selectable option by said local user, generating a reply with update electronic mail message composition user interface display object, automatically loading a contents of a message body of said original received message into a message editing area of said update electronic mail message composition user interface display object, detecting user editing operations performed on said contents of said message body of said original received message to create a first revision of said contents of said message body of said original received message, storing said user editing operations, detecting user entry of a comment into a user comment field within said update electronic mail message composition user interface display object, storing said comment, and generating and displaying a first revision number in said update electronic mail message composition user interface display object; sending a first revision of said original received message having a message body including said revision of said contents of said message body of said original received message, said user editing operations, said comment and said revision number to a plurality of recipient users; receiving, subsequent to said sending of said first revision of said original received message, from said recipient users a plurality of subsequent revisions of said original received message; merging changes to said message body of said original received message contained in said plurality of subsequent revisions of said original received message such that all said changes to said message body of said original received message in said plurality of subsequent revisions of said original received message are simultaneously displayed in a single user interface display object; wherein said received message user interface display object includes a second user selectable option; and responsive to detecting selection of said second user selectable option by said local user, generating a detailed view in which all said changes to said message body of said original received message in said plurality of subsequent revisions of said original received message are simultaneously displayed in a single user interface display object, wherein said detailed view includes indication of each change to said message body of said original received message in said plurality of subsequent revisions of said original received message, wherein said indication of each change includes indication of each string of added text and each string of deleted text, and wherein said detailed view further includes, for each specific change to said message body of said original message contained in said plurality of subsequent revisions and merged into said detailed view, an indication of which one of said recipient users made said change.