Patent ID: 8621373

Claim:
A method in a computing device for displaying indicators of information items of different information types of communication for communicating between people, the method comprising: providing information items relating to a scheduled meeting with a scheduled time, each information item having an associated time and an information type, the time associated with each information item being prior to the scheduled time of the scheduled meeting and indicating time of transmission of the information item from a sender to a recipient, the information types being selected from the group consisting of an electronic mail message, an instant message, and a voice mail message; displaying time slots; displaying an indicator of the scheduled meeting aligned with the displayed time slot that includes the scheduled time of the scheduled meeting; and for each of a plurality of information types, for each information item of the information type, identifying the time associated with the information item; and displaying an indicator of the information item aligned horizontally with a displayed time slot that includes the identified time and aligned vertically with the displayed indicators of other information items of the same information type so that a user can view an indicator of a scheduled meeting along with a timeline of information items associated with the scheduled meeting.