Patent ID: 8793591

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: generating first instructions for: (A) presenting, on a computing device, a first view of an inbox that lists multiple electronic messages in a single section and for presenting a control, concurrently with the first view of the inbox, that indicates one or more alternate views available for the inbox, wherein a first alternative view in the one or more alternate views separates the multiple electronic messages listed within the single section of the first view of the inbox into two or more concurrently displayed sub-sections based on a message sorting type having one or more criteria for that alternative view, at least one criterion in the one or more criteria categorizes each respective electronic message in the multiple electronic messages into one of a plurality of partitions based on a first property of the respective electronic messages, wherein electronic messages in each respective partition in the plurality of partitions are arranged into a corresponding sub-section in the two or more concurrently displayed sub-sections, and a first icon is displayed for each respective electronic message in the multiple electronic messages satisfying a second property, and a second icon is displayed for each respective electronic message in the multiple electronic messages not satisfying the second property, the first property being other than the second property; and (B) maintaining the first alternate view of the inbox in accordance with a predefined time requirement by automatically hiding the control from display to a user; and providing the first instructions to the computing device.