Patent ID: 8028032

Claim:
A system, comprising: an email application configured to: access an email thread, the email thread comprising: a first email sent by a first user, the first email comprising a reference to a first web-site that is bound to the first email; a second email, the second email comprising a response to the first email by a second user, the second email further comprising a reference to a second web-site that is bound to the second email; and display the email thread, including the first email and the second email, wherein at least the first email is displayed on a first portion of a graphical window; and, a browser module associated with the email application and configured to: automatically retrieve content from the first web-site based on the reference to the first web-site in the first email; automatically retrieve content from the second web-site based on the reference to the second web-site in the second email; and concurrently display, with the email thread, the content retrieved from the first web-site and the content retrieved from the second web-site on a second portion of the graphical window, and at least one computing device configured to execute one or more of the email application and the browser module; wherein the browser module is configured to display the content retrieved from the first web-site and the content retrieved from the second web-site in positions on the second portion of the graphical window that are at least partially defined by an order in which the references to the first web-site and the second web-site are bound to the email thread.