Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic message searching
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Application No.: US14860624Application Date: 2015-09-21
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Publication No.: US10509790B2Publication Date: 2019-12-17
- Inventor: Tiffany S. Jon , Lawrence Y. Yang , Patrick L. Coffman , Stephen O. Lemay
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Dentons US LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06F16/2457 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F16/248

Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to electronic message searching. An electronic device receives a request that includes a search term. The device can initiate a search based on the search term to produce a plurality of search results of a plurality of time periods that do not overlap. The device determine whether there are more than a predetermined number of search results for a given time period. If the predetermined number of results is exceeded, the device can display a search result group. If the predetermined number of results is not exceeded, the device can include the search results, corresponding to the given time period, in search results of a different time period. The device can also provide various affordances for narrowing or expanding the scope of the electronic message search.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160357752A1 ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SEARCHING Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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