Searching conversations in a conversation-based email system

A method and system for processing messages is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of messages directed to a user, where each message has a unique message identifier. Each of the plurality of messages may be associated with a respective conversation, where each conversation has a respective conversation identifier. Also, each conversation includes a set of one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet a first predefined criteria. A list of conversations is displayed as a set of rows in an order determined by a second predefined criteria, where each row corresponds to one of the listed conversations and includes at least a sender list, a conversation topic and a date/time value. The contents of a conversation is displayed when the user selects a conversation from the displayed list of conversations. Messages can be displayed in one of three modes: expanded, compacted and hidden.

Electric mails having sender list of conversation and based on dialogue

A method and system for processing messages is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of messages directed to a user, where each message has a unique message identifier. Each of the plurality of messages may be associated with a respective conversation, where each conversation has a respective conversation identifier. Also, each conversation includes a set of one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet a first predefined criteria. A list of conversations is displayed as a set of rows in an order determined by a second predefined criteria, where each row corresponds to one of the listed conversations and includes at least a sender list, a conversation topic and a date/time value. The contents of a conversation is displayed when the user selects a conversation from the displayed list of conversations. Messages can be displayed in one of three modes: expanded, compacted and hidden.

Displaying conversations in a conversation-based email system

A method and system for processing messages is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of messages directed to a user, where each message has a unique message identifier. Each of the plurality of messages may be associated with a respective conversation, where each conversation has a respective conversation identifier. Also, each conversation includes a set of one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet a first predefined criteria. A list of conversations is displayed as a set of rows in an order determined by a second predefined criteria, where each row corresponds to one of the listed conversations and includes at least a sender list, a conversation topic and a date/time value. The contents of a conversation is displayed when the user selects a conversation from the displayed list of conversations. Messages can be displayed in one of three modes: expanded, compacted and hidden.

Searching conversations in a conversation-based email system

A method and a server system for searching conversations and are disclosed. The method is performed at a server having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors, and the method comprises:receiving a search query from a client; indentifying a conversation relevant to the search query, the conversation having two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier, wherein identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises indentifying a conversation that, as a whole, is relevant to the search query; and returning to the client for display, as a search result to the search query, conversation information corresponding to the indentified conversation.

Synchronizing Configuration Information Among Multiple Clients

A user of multiple client devices (clients) makes application configuration changes on the clients from time to time. The configuration changes are stored in a local event log on each client, as well as in a synchronization server. When one of the clients connects to the synchronization server, for example when the user logs into the synchronization server while using a respective client, the configuration information in the server and client is synchronized. Conflicts, if any, in the configuration changes for a respective application are resolved in accordance with a conflict resolution procedure or conflict resolution rules associated with that application. 1. A method for providing configuration information , comprising:at a server computer having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors:receiving a user identifier from a first client device using a network;identifying configuration information associated with the user identifier; andproviding the identified configuration information to the first client device using the network, wherein the identified configuration information is to configure a user-specified portion of one or more applications on the first client device by merging with existing configuration information for the one or more applications on the first client device;wherein the configuration information provided to the first client device includes encrypted configuration information previously received from a second client device, and the encrypted configuration information was encrypted at the second client device using a user key associated with the user identifier, and the server computer is configured to receive an encrypted version of the user key from the second client device and provide the encrypted user key to the first client device.2. The method of claim 1 , further including: 'receiving, from the first client device, information corresponding to resolution of at least one conflict between ...

Retrieving Conversations That Match a Search Query

A server having one or more processors and memory receives a search query from a client. The server identifies a conversation relevant to the search query, where the conversation has two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier. Identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying a conversation that, as a whole, is relevant to the search query. The server returns to the client for display, as a search result for the search query, conversation information corresponding to the identified conversation. 1. A method , performed at a server having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors , the method comprising:receiving a search query from a client;identifying a conversation relevant to the search query, the conversation having two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier, wherein identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying a conversation that, as a whole, is relevant to the search query; andreturning to the client for display, as a search result for the search query, conversation information corresponding to the identified conversation.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search query comprises at least a first term and a second term.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying the first term in a first message of the conversation and identifying the second term in a second message of the conversation claim 2 , wherein the second message is distinct from the first message.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second message does not contain text of the first message.5. The method of claim 3 , wherein identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying the first term in a first message claim 3 , ...

Labeling Messages with Conversation Labels and Message Labels

A server having one or more processors and memory stores a conversation including a plurality of messages, where the conversation is associated with a first label and a respective message of the plurality of messages is associated with a second label. The server receives a predefined request from a remotely located client system and responds to the predefined request by producing and sending to the client system a list of conversations. When the predefined request corresponds to a request for conversations associated with the first label, the server sends, to the client system, a first list of conversations associated with the first label. When the predefined request corresponds to a request for conversations including messages associated with the second label, the server sends, to the client system, a second list of conversations that include at least one message to which the second label has been assigned. 1. A method , performed at a server system having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors , the method comprising:storing a conversation including a plurality of messages, wherein the conversation is associated with a first label and a respective message of the plurality of messages is associated with a second label;receiving a predefined request from a remotely located client system; and when the predefined request corresponds to a request for conversations associated with the first label, producing and sending to the client system a first list of conversations in accordance with a criterion that all conversations in the first list are associated with the first label, wherein one or more of the conversations in the first list each include a plurality of messages; and', 'when the predefined request corresponds to a request for conversations including messages associated with the second label, producing and sending to the client system a second list of conversations in accordance with a criterion that all ...

Compacted Mode for Displaying Messages in a Conversation

A server having one or more processors and memory receives a plurality of messages organized as conversations associated with a user. The server receives, from a client, a request for a selected conversation that is associated with a first message, a second message that was sent after the first message and a plurality of interstitial messages that were sent at times between when the first message was sent and when the second message was sent. The server sends, to the client, display information for displaying content of the selected conversation that includes a representation of the second message in an expanded mode, a representation of the first message in a first compacted mode and a representation of the plurality of interstitial messages in a second compacted mode that is different from the first compacted mode.

Primary and Secondary Recipient Indicators for Conversations

A server having one or more processors and memory receives a plurality of messages organized as conversations associated with a user. The server receives, from a client, a request for a list of conversations associated with the user and sends, to the client, display information for displaying a list of conversations comprising a set of rows, each conversation in the list of conversations being represented as a single row. The list of conversations includes a first row representing a first conversation and a second row representing a second conversation. The first row includes a first recipient indicator that indicates that the user is a primary recipient of a message in the first conversation. The second row includes a second recipient indicator, different from the first recipient indicator, that indicates that the user is a secondary recipient of a message in the second conversation.

Primary and Secondary Recipient Indicators for Conversations

Systems and methods for providing information include receiving messages associated with a user. Each message is associated with a respective conversation. A request for conversations associated with the user is received from a client. In response, display information for displaying the conversations as a list, including first and second rows respectively representing first and second conversations, is sent to the client. The first row includes a first recipient indicator indicating that the user is a primary message recipient in the first conversation. The second row includes a second recipient indicator indicating that the user is a secondary message recipient in the second conversation. A single field in each row is provided for presentation of both the first and second recipient indicators in individual rows. The first recipient indicator is not used to identify the primary recipient and the second recipient indicator is not used to identify the secondary recipient. 1. A method , performed at a server system having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors , the method comprising:receiving a plurality of messages associated with a user, wherein each of the plurality of messages is associated with a respective conversation;receiving, from a client, a request for a plurality of conversations associated with the user; andsending, to the client, display information for displaying the plurality of conversations as a list of conversations including a first row representing a first conversation and a second row representing a second conversation, whereinthe first row includes a first recipient indicator that indicates that the user is a primary recipient of a message in the first conversation,the second row includes a second recipient indicator that indicates that the user is a secondary recipient of a message in the second conversation,a single field in each of the individual rows in the list of conversations is provided ...

Providing Snippets Relevant to a Search Query in a Conversation-Based Email System

A system and method for searching messages is disclosed. The system and method includes receiving a search query and, in response to receiving the search query: (1) obtaining, from a message repository, conversations relevant to the search query, (2) creating a list of conversations representing at least a subset of the obtained conversations, where each conversation in the list of conversations is represented as a single item, and at least one of the conversations in the list of conversations comprises two or more electronic messages from distinct senders, (3) identifying, for each conversation in the list of conversations, a portion of conversation content relevant to the search query, and (4) producing, for concurrent display at a client, a search result including at least the list of conversations, and the identified portion of conversation content for each conversation in the list of conversations. 1. A method of searching messages , comprising: receiving a search query;', obtaining, from a message repository, conversations relevant to the search query;', 'creating a list of conversations representing at least a subset of the obtained conversations, wherein each conversation in the list of conversations is represented as a single item, and at least one of the conversations in the list of conversations comprises two or more electronic messages from distinct senders;', 'identifying, for each conversation in the list of conversations, a portion of conversation content relevant to the search query; and', 'producing, for concurrent display at a client, a search result including at least the list of conversations, and the identified portion of conversation content for each conversation in the list of conversations., 'in response to receiving the search query], 'at one or more servers2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each obtained conversation is associated with a unique numeric conversation identifier.3. The method of claim 1 , further including:obtaining a ...

DISPLAYING CONVERSATIONS IN A CONVERSATION-BASED EMAIL SYSTEM

A method and system for processing messages is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of messages directed to a user, where each message has a unique message identifier. Each of the plurality of messages may be associated with a respective conversation, where each conversation has a respective conversation identifier. Also, each conversation includes a set of one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet a first predefined criteria. A list of conversations is displayed as a set of rows in an order determined by a second predefined criteria, where each row corresponds to one of the listed conversations and includes at least a sender list, a conversation topic and a date/time value. The contents of a conversation is displayed when the user selects a conversation from the displayed list of conversations. Messages can be displayed in one of three modes: expanded, compacted and hidden. 1. (canceled)2. A method of validating an electronic message , comprising: providing a user interface for an electronic messaging application, wherein the user interface includes a first browser window displaying an electronic message, the electronic message comprising a message body with content generated by the user;', analyzing the content generated by the user to determine whether the content includes misspelled words, thereby identifying at least one potentially misspelled word;', 'associating the potentially misspelled word with at least one replacement term; and', 'emphasizing the potentially misspelled word in a visually distinct manner;, 'while displaying the electronic message in the first browser window, 'responsive to user selection of the potentially misspelled word, displaying the at least one replacement term below or adjacent to the potentially misspelled word; and', 'responsive to user selection of the at least one replacement term, replacing the potentially misspelled term with the at least one replacement term selected by the user., 'at a ...

Dynamic Display of Web Content

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for connecting to a first server to retrieve a first web page; presenting the retrieved first web page in a graphical user interface; and after receiving one or more characters in a string of characters entered into an input field of the graphical user interface, and before a submission action is received: identifying a different second web page for the string of characters; connecting to a second server to retrieve a second web page; replacing the presentation of the first web page with the second web page; after replacing the presentation, receiving one or more backspace characters entered into the input field; and in response to receiving the one or more backspace characters, replacing the presentation of the second web page with the presentation of the first web page. 1. A computer-implemented method , the method comprising:obtaining one or more characters in a first string of characters entered by a user into an input field of a graphical user interface, wherein the first string of characters corresponds to a first uniform resource locator, and wherein the input field is an address bar of a web browser application;presenting a first web page in a graphical user interface, the first web page being identified by the first uniform resource locator;after presenting the first web page, obtaining one or more characters in a second string of characters entered by the user into the input field, wherein the second string of characters corresponds to a second uniform resource locator, and before a submission action is received from the user:replacing the presentation of the first web page with a presentation of a second web page, the second web page being identified by the second uniform resource locator;after replacing the presentation, receiving one or more backspace characters entered into the input field that edit the input field to generate a third string of characters ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZING AGGREGATED NEWS CONTENT

A system customizes a news document associated with a user of a news aggregation service. The system includes multiple news source servers that store news content and a remote news aggregation server. The news aggregation server creates a customized news document based on one or more personalized search queries received from a user. The news aggregation server fetches the news content from the multiple news source servers, aggregates the news content, and searches the aggregated news content based on the one or more personalized search queries. The news aggregation server provides selected news content to the customized news document based on results of the search. 1. (canceled)2. A method comprising: identifying, by the one or more processors, items of news content from indexed news content using search queries;', 'ranking the search queries based on recency and frequency of the search queries to generate ranked search queries;', 'identifying, from the ranked search queries, past user queries deployed by a user;', determining, by the one or more processors, a news section that is associated the past user query;', 'adding, by the one or more processors, to the news document and without user intervention, the news section; and, 'for each past user query in a subset of the past user queries identified from the ranked search queries], 'creating, by one or more processors, a news document including news sections associated with search queries, each news section associated with a different search query of the search queries, the creating includingproviding, by the one or more processors, the modified news document for display.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising: a freshness of the news content,', 'a preference for a type of news source,', 'a preference for a type of news story,', 'one or more keywords of interest,', 'a preference for a particular journalist, or', 'a preference for a particular genre of news, and, 'receiving information regarding a ranking of ...

Labeling messages with conversation labels and message labels

A server having one or more processors and memory stores a conversation including a plurality of messages, where the conversation is associated with a first label and a respective message of the plurality of messages is associated with a second label. The server receives a predefined request from a remotely located client system and responds to the predefined request by producing and sending to the client system a list of conversations. When the predefined request corresponds to a request for conversations associated with the first label, the server sends, to the client system, a first list of conversations associated with the first label. When the predefined request corresponds to a request for conversations including messages associated with the second label, the server sends, to the client system, a second list of conversations that include at least one message to which the second label has been assigned.

System and Method for Assisting in Remote Message Server Configuration

When a user enters an email address associated with a remote message server account in a configuration area on a display, one or more suggestions for other field inputs are made based on canonical data or historical data from a variety of users. If the user cannot find a desired entry in the suggestions, the user may enter new information. The newly entered information (once validated) improves the prediction capability for subsequent users. A database stores information associated with each email address domain name including one or more remote message server names, one or more username patterns and ranking values. When more than one suggestion for a field is presented to a user, the suggestions are ranked in accordance with the respective ranking values such as by the popularity of a particular configuration.

Displaying conversations in a conversation-based email system

A method and system for processing messages is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of messages directed to a user, where each message has a unique message identifier. Each of the plurality of messages may be associated with a respective conversation, where each conversation has a respective conversation identifier. Also, each conversation includes a set of one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet a first predefined criteria. A list of conversations is displayed as a set of rows in an order determined by a second predefined criteria, where each row corresponds to one of the listed conversations and includes at least a sender list, a conversation topic and a date/time value. The contents of a conversation is displayed when the user selects a conversation from the displayed list of conversations. Messages can be displayed in one of three modes: expanded, compacted and hidden.

Primary and secondary recipient indicators for conversations

A server having one or more processors and memory receives a plurality of messages organized as conversations associated with a user. The server receives, from a client, a request for a list of conversations associated with the user and sends, to the client, display information for displaying a list of conversations comprising a set of rows, each conversation in the list of conversations being represented as a single row. The list of conversations includes a first row representing a first conversation and a second row representing a second conversation. The first row includes a first recipient indicator that indicates that the user is a primary recipient of a message in the first conversation. The second row includes a second recipient indicator, different from the first recipient indicator, that indicates that the user is a secondary recipient of a message in the second conversation.

Displaying conversations in a conversation-based email system

A method and system for processing messages is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of messages directed to a user, where each message has a unique message identifier. Each of the plurality of messages may be associated with a respective conversation, where each conversation has a respective conversation identifier. Also, each conversation includes a set of one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet a first predefined criteria. A list of conversations is displayed as a set of rows in an order determined by a second predefined criteria, where each row corresponds to one of the listed conversations and includes at least a sender list, a conversation topic and a date/time value. The contents of a conversation is displayed when the user selects a conversation from the displayed list of conversations. Messages can be displayed in one of three modes: expanded, compacted and hidden.

Displaying expanded messages in a conversation-based email system