Priority Inbox Notifications and Sync for Mobile Messaging Apps

Abstract

At a client device with a display and in a method for displaying messages at the client device, the client device receives message information from a server system, the message information representing a set of messages. Based on a determination that the set of messages includes one or more unread priority messages, where priority messages are messages meeting predefined message importance criteria, the device presents a new mail notification. Based on a determination that the set of messages does not include any unread priority messages, the device foregoes presenting the new mail notification.

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technical field [0001] The disclosed embodiments relate generally to displaying messages, such as email, instant and voice email messages. Background technique [0002] As the popularity of email communications continues to grow, so does the number of email messages received and stored in user accounts. User accounts typically include all messages sent to and from individual email addresses or usernames, except for messages deleted from the account. However, some user accounts may be associated with multiple email addresses or usernames - sometimes referred to as aliases - which together may be considered a single logical email address or username. The volume of incoming e-mail can quickly overwhelm users—making it difficult to sift through the important messages from the unimportant ones. [0003] Additionally, many people today access and view their email on mobile devices such as handheld computers or cell phones. Such mobile devices typically have small screens with e...

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Problems solved by technology

However, these organizational techniques often fail to identify the messages that are most important to the user, causing the user to scroll through many messages before locating the one they deem most important

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