Patent ID: 8180829

Claim:
A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising: computer code for causing display of content in association with a plurality of messages, the plurality of messages including a first message and a second message, the first message being one of the plurality of messages that is associated with a first online forum, and the second message being one of the plurality of messages that is associated with a second online forum that is different from the first online forum; and computer code for causing, utilizing a window of a web page, contemporaneous display of a plurality of message summaries, the plurality of message summaries comprising first information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the first online forum, the plurality of message summaries further comprising second information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the second online forum that is different from the first online forum; wherein the computer program product is operable such that third information derived from a third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page, the third message including an email; wherein the computer program product is operable such that, in response to a selection of one of the plurality of message summaries comprising the first information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the first online forum, fourth information derived from the first message is displayed, wherein the fourth information contains further information not contained in the first information; wherein the computer program product is further operable such that first preloaded information derived from one of the plurality of messages is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a first user interaction; and second preloaded information derived from another one of the plurality of messages is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a second user interaction; wherein the computer program product is further operable such that the third information derived from the third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page, without having to leave the web page including the window displaying the plurality of message summaries, by not requiring a cessation of a display of the web page due to a replacement, in its entirety, with another web page.