FOCUSED ATTENTION IN DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

Focused attention elements are provided as a mechanism to explicitly call a user's attention to a specific part of a communication or a document. The fact that a user was mentioned in a conversation or a collaborated document may be used as a signal the conversation or a document section is more relevant to them. If a user whose attention is drawn through a focused attention element is not among the recipient list of the communication or collaborator list for the document, they may be added automatically to the list. Selected portions of a conversation or document to which the attention of one or more users is drawn through the focused attention element may be emphasized, highlighted, or shown differently from a remainder of the conversation or document.