US 12,137,074 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, 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 Sprins, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,493.
Application 18/168,493 is a continuation of application No. 17/521,631, filed on Nov. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,606,327.
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 2023/0198932 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
causing display of a graphical display on a visual display of a user device, the graphical display being associated with a plurality of electronic messages, each electronic message of the plurality of electronic messages being associated with a time period;
causing display of a first plurality of message tiles in a first vertical list on the visual display of the user device, the first plurality of message tiles being associated with a first portion of the graphical display;
detecting a gesture from a user of the user device while displaying the first plurality of message tiles in the vertical list on the visual display of the user device,
wherein the gesture is associated with a sender of electronic messages; and
in response to detecting the gesture, changing the display of the first plurality of message tiles in the first vertical list to display a second plurality of message tiles associated with a second portion of the graphical display,
wherein the second portion of the graphical display is a second vertical list of a plurality of message tiles associated with the sender of electronic messages.