Patents by Inventor Nathan E. Breskin-Auer

Nathan E. Breskin-Auer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • User interface reading email conversations
    Patent number: 8024412
    Abstract: Emails modeled as conversations are displayed in a user interface that enables users to read and interact with the emails within a conversation intuitively. Conversation breaks, such as those in an in-reply-to relationship between messages, are presented utilizing extra spaces between displayed message parts, excerpts of parent messages displayed above the message following the break, and/or graphical elements like broken connectors. Relationships between a user selected message and its parent within the conversation defined relationship are illustrated using graphical elements or schemes that focus on the selected message to avoid confusion due to information overload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. McCann, Jorge Pereira, Nathan E. Breskin-Auer
  • USE INTERFACE FOR READING EMAIL CONVERSATIONS
    Publication number: 20090210800
    Abstract: Emails modeled as conversations are displayed in a user interface that enables users to read and interact with the emails within a conversation intuitively. Conversation breaks, such as those in an in-reply-to relationship between messages, are presented utilizing extra spaces between displayed message parts, excerpts of parent messages displayed above the message following the break, and/or graphical elements like broken connectors. Relationships between a user selected message and its parent within the conversation defined relationship are illustrated using graphical elements or schemes that focus on the selected message to avoid confusion due to information overload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. McCann, Jorge Pereira, Nathan E. Breskin-Auer