Patent ID: 7870204
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating viewing of e-mail messages, comprising: receiving, at a server system, an original e-mail message for sending, from a sender to a plurality of recipients, the original e-mail message associated with a unique message ID that is assigned by the server system; receiving, at the server system, a plurality of reply messages addressed to the sender from each of the plurality of recipients, where the plurality of reply messages are each associated with a parent message ID that is the unique message ID of the original e-mail message, and where the plurality of reply messages are associated with the original e-mail message without analyzing subject line text or other message text of the original e-mail message and the plurality of reply messages; storing the reply message at the server system in association with the parent message ID; combining the plurality of reply messages from the plurality of recipients into a single e-mail inbox entry that represents the plurality of reply messages, the combining being based on the association of the parent message ID with the plurality of reply messages; and in response to a request initiated by the sender in connection with the single e-mail inbox entry: wherein a first subset of reply messages received from a first recipient is displayed in a first selectable tab of a tabbed display, and a second subset of reply messages received from a second recipient is displayed in a second selectable tab of the tabbed display, and wherein the single logical e-mail message is displayed in a third selectable tab of the tabbed display.