Patent ID: 7680895
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of processing messages at a server system, comprising: receiving one or more email messages in a conversation between a first user and a second user; receiving a chat message that responds to one of the email messages in the conversation; and transmitting for display at a client device a representation of the conversation, including items corresponding to each of the email messages in the conversation and an item corresponding to the chat message, wherein the representation of the conversation includes a plurality of separate regions for concurrent display at the client, the plurality of separate regions including one or more email message regions, each displaying the contents of a respective email message, and a chat session region displaying the contents of the chat message; wherein at least two of the plurality of concurrently displayed regions each include one or more links for responding to the respective message, the one or more links being located within the region of the respective message.