US 11,703,999 B2
Changing visual aspects of a graphical user interface to bring focus to a message
Casey Baker, Seattle, WA (US); and Jose Rodriguez, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,241.
Application 17/589,241 is a continuation of application No. 16/919,009, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,256,393.
Application 16/919,009 is a continuation of application No. 15/339,806, filed on Oct. 31, 2016, granted, now 10,705,683, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334687 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04L 51/08 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
monitoring, by one or more processors, messages of a messaging thread;
determining, based at least in part on the monitoring and at a first time, whether a message posted to the messaging thread includes an occurrence of a call-out feature specifying a first user identification corresponding to a first user of the messaging thread and not a second user identification corresponding to a second user of the messaging thread;
receiving additional messages posted to the messaging thread subsequent to the message, the additional messages including a most recent message posted to the messaging thread;
receiving, in association with a second time that is after the first time and via an account associated with the first user identification, a request to view the messaging thread;
in response to receiving the request to view the messaging thread:
based on the message including the occurrence of the call-out feature, identifying a location of the message in the messaging thread to cause a computing device associated with the account to operate in a first mode that displays a first user interface arrangement including the message and not including the most recent message posted to the messaging thread; or
based on the message not including the occurrence of the call-out feature, causing the computing device associated with the account to operate in a second mode that displays a second user interface arrangement including at least some of the additional messages posted to the messaging thread subsequent to the message and not including the message.