Patent ID: 8762885

Claim:
A method comprising: causing, by at least one processor, a user device to display, on a display device, a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a stack with a plurality of items, the plurality of items being ordered in the stack based on at least one of: an alphabetical ordering, or a user-specified ordering, each of the plurality of items being at least partially exposed to permit selection by a user, the plurality of items being associated with a plurality of different content types, and each of the plurality of items graphically indicating an associated one of the plurality of the different content types; detecting, by at least one processor, an input, by the user, with respect to the display device; identifying, by at least one processor and based on the detected input, a gesture, determining, by at least one processor, whether the gesture corresponds to one of: a single-point gesture associated with a first area associated with the stack, a first gesture associated with a second area that includes an image of a person that is associated with one of the plurality of items, a multipoint gesture associated with the first area associated with the stack, or a second gesture associated with the second area, the second gesture being different from the first gesture; and selectively performing, by at least one processor, one of a first operation, a second operation, a third operation, or a fourth operation that are different, the first operation being performed when the gesture corresponds to the single-point gesture associated with the first area associated with the stack, the second operation being performed when the gesture corresponds to the first gesture associated with the second area, the second operation including: providing access to contact information associated with the image of the person, the third operation being performed when the gesture corresponds to the multipoint gesture associated with the first area associated with the stack, and the fourth operation being performed when the gesture corresponds to the second gesture associated with the second area, the fourth operation including: providing access to a group of messages associated with the image of the person, and providing another stack with another plurality of items based on a time-based ordering, the other plurality of items graphically representing the group of messages.