Patent ID: 8621012

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of delivering content from a micro-blog to an e-mail message in a user's e-mail, the method comprising: a client system providing an e-mail message associated with a thread in a micro-blog to a user's e-mail, the e-mail message including a first set of micro-blog entries; receiving a request from the user to view the e-mail message associated with the thread in the micro-blog; in response to the request, accessing the micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread; updating the body of the e-mail message based on the accessed real-time copy of the micro-blog thread to include a second set of micro-blog entries that includes updates to the micro-blog thread inline with one or more micro-blog entries included in the first set of micro-blog entries; and updating, in real time, micro-blog entries rendered in the e-mail based on updates to the thread in the micro-biog.