Patent ID: 8904292

Claim:
A method, comprising: at a client device with a display: displaying, on the display, an inbox of a user in an email application, the inbox containing a list of email messages received for the user, including a first received email message and a second received email message, wherein: the first received email message and the second received email message are part of a same email message thread; the first received email message and the second received email message are displayed as separate, distinct listings in the list of email messages received for the user; a first read status indicator is concurrently displayed with the first received email message in the list of email messages received for the user; and a second read status indicator is concurrently displayed with the second received email message in the list of email messages received for the user; while the first received email message in the list of email messages received for the user is unopened: opening the second received email message in the list of email messages received for the user; in response to opening the second received email message in the list of email messages received for the user, displaying content in the second received email message on the display, wherein the content in the second received email message includes content in the first received email message and additional content that is not contained in the content in the first received email message; and after opening the second received email message, in accordance with a determination that content in the second received email message being reviewed by the user includes the content in the first received email message in the same email message thread, changing the read status of the first received email message in the same email message thread from not read to read.