US 12,255,864 B2
Method and system for organizing and interacting with messages on devices
Erik N. Lukas, Beverly Shores, IN (US); and Gregory O. Peet, Dewey, AZ (US)
Assigned to Deborah A. Lambert as Trustee of the Deborah A. Lambert Irrevocable Trust for Mark Lambert, Tarpon Springs, FL (US); and Whitehead Investments, LLC, Tarpon Springs, FL (US)
Filed by DEBORAH A. LAMBERT AS TRUSTEE OF THE DEBORAH A. LAMBERT IRREVOCABLE TRUST FOR MARK LAMBERT, Tarpon Springs, FL (US); and Whitehead Investments, LLC, Tarpon Springs, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/541,517.
Application 18/541,517 is a continuation of application No. 18/168,493, filed on Feb. 13, 2023, granted, now 12,137,074.
Application 18/168,493 is a continuation of application No. 17/521,631, filed on Nov. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,606,327, issued on Mar. 14, 2023.
Application 17/521,631 is a continuation of application No. 16/840,080, filed on Apr. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,171,907, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Application 16/840,080 is a continuation of application No. 15/250,715, filed on Aug. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,623,361, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/210,922, filed on Aug. 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0113995 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/42 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 51/42 (2022.05) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed by one or more data processors of a system, cause the system to:
cause display, on a user device, of a vertical list of graphical elements arranged in chronological order on a main interface of a message client,
wherein each graphical element presents information of an associated electronic message,
wherein each electronic message is associated with one or more contacts from a list of contacts, and
wherein a particular contact of the one or more contacts of the list of contacts is associated with an icon image;
receive a first user input associated with the particular contact of the one or more contacts of the list of contacts; and
in response to the first user input, cause presentation of a visualization of contact information associated with the particular contact including the icon image.