Patent ID: 7529795
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: (1) displaying, in a window of a computer program, web content representing at least a portion of a first message, the first message comprising one of a plurality of messages posted to a first online forum; and (2) displaying, in the window of the computer program and contemporaneously with the web content, a plurality of message summaries, the plurality of message summaries comprising first information derived from the first message and second information derived from a second message, the second message comprising one of a plurality of messages posted to a second online forum that is different from the first online forum; wherein third information derived from a third message is displayed, in the window of the computer program and contemporaneously with the web content, the third message including an e-mail; wherein first additional information derived from the first message is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a first user interaction; and second additional information derived from the second message is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a second user interaction.