Patent ID: 7593991
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying at least a portion of the contents of an object associated with a first object identifier, the method comprising: receiving the first object identifier through an electronic message that is received through one of a plurality of message transport services, wherein electronic messages are received from the plurality of message transport services; accessing the portion of the contents of the object associated with the first object identifier, the object being received as an attachment of the electronic message; generating a thumbnail graphic of the portion of the contents of the object associated with the first object identifier; and displaying in a display window the thumbnail graphic with thumbnail graphics of other attachments that have been received from electronic messages through a same message transport service, wherein thumbnail graphics of attachments are able to be organized and displayed in accordance with a message transport service used to transport the respective attachments; and wherein the attachments are able to be sorted by media format type to obtain an individual count of a total number of attachments in each individual media format type.