Patents by Inventor Paul A. Mailman

Paul A. Mailman 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).

  • THREADING TOGETHER MESSAGES WITH MULTIPLE COMMON PARTICIPANTS
    Publication number: 20100087169
    Abstract: In a mobile communications device, a conversation identifier is generated for each of a plurality of messages. Each conversation identifier is generated based on addresses of message participants identified in the message. A request to display a particular message of the multiple messages is received. In response to the request, one or more other messages of the plurality of messages having a same conversation identifier as the particular message are identified based on the generated conversation identifiers. At least two of the one or more other messages are displayed concurrently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsuan-Yu Jerry Lin, Kenneth Q. Sabotta, Paul A. Mailman, Gerardo Garcia