Patent ID: 8028238

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for processing messages for display to a user on a display device, said messages containing a header information section and a message content section, said computer-implemented method comprising: presenting said messages in an abbreviated form in a list on said display device, said abbreviated form including only said header information for each of said messages; enabling a highlighting of a selected one of said abbreviated form messages in said list on said display device by said user; determining that said user has highlighted said selected one of said abbreviated form messages; and automatically displaying content information from said message content section of said selected one of said abbreviated form messages in response to said determining and without further action by said user, said content information of said selected one of said abbreviated form messages being displayed only for a user selectable and pre-set constant period of time after said user has highlighted said selected one of said abbreviated form messages or until another one of said abbreviated form messages is highlighted.