Transmission of Messages Related to Electronic Documents

A computer program product tangibly embodied in computer-readable memory storage medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a computer-implemented method for providing a display on a display device of information about a stored electronic business document, the method comprising:

• providing within a computing system an electronic business document stored in computer-readable memory medium, the electronic business document having an identifier that is unique to the electronic business document so as to distinguish the electronic business document from other electronic business documents;
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• in response to the receipt of a user input indicating a request by a user to access the electronic business document having the unique identifier, accessing the electronic business document having the unique identifier, extracting from the electronic document the unique identifier, and displaying the following in a common graphical user interface (GUI) of a display device:
• (1) in a first area of the GUI, content extracted from the electronic business document;
• (2) in a second area of the GUI that is distinct from the first area, user interface controls for creating and sending new electronic messages pertaining to the electronic business document for which content is being displayed in the first area of the GUI, and
• (3) in a third area of the GUI that is distinct from both the first area and the second area, a list view that identifies stored electronic messages that were previously created and sent and that are stored in computer-readable memory medium, each of the electronic messages identified in the list view having stored in association with the electronic message in the memory medium the unique identifier that was extracted from the electronic business document upon being accessed and that distinguishes the electronic business document from other electronic business documents.

A computer-implemented method for providing a display on a display device of information about a stored electronic business document, the method comprising:

• providing within a computing system an electronic business document stored in computer-readable memory medium, the electronic business document having an identifier that is unique to the electronic business document so as to distinguish the electronic business document from other electronic business documents;
• and
• in response to the receipt of a user input indicating a request by a user to access the electronic business document having the unique identifier, accessing the electronic business document having the unique identifier, extracting from the electronic document the unique identifier, and displaying the following in a common graphical user interface (GUI) of a display device:
• (1) in a first area of the GUI, content extracted from the electronic business document;
• (2) in a second area of the GUI that is distinct from the first area, user interface controls for creating and sending new electronic messages pertaining to the electronic business document for which content is being displayed in the first area of the GUI, and
• (3) in a third area of the GUI that is distinct from both the first area and the second area, a list view that identifies stored electronic messages that were previously created and sent and that are stored in computer-readable memory medium, each of the electronic messages identified in the list view having stored in association with the electronic message in the memory medium the unique identifier that was extracted from the electronic business document upon being accessed and that distinguishes the electronic business document from other electronic business documents.

A computing system that is programmed to perform the following computer-implemented operations:

• provide within a computing system an electronic business document stored in computer-readable memory medium, the electronic business document having an identifier that is unique to the electronic business document so as to distinguish the electronic business document from other electronic business documents;
• in response to the receipt of a user input indicating a request by a user to access the electronic business document having the unique identifier, access the electronic business document having the unique identifier, extract from the electronic document the unique identifier, and display the following in a common graphical user interface (GUI) of a display device:
• (1) in a first area of the GUI, content extracted from the electronic business document;
• (2) in a second area of the GUI that is distinct from the first area, user interface controls for creating and sending new electronic messages pertaining to the electronic business document for which content is being displayed in the first area of the GUI, and
• (3) in a third area of the GUI that is distinct from both the first area and the second area, a list view that identifies stored electronic messages that were previously created and sent and that are stored in computer-readable memory medium, each of the electronic messages identified in the list view having stored in association with the electronic message in the memory medium the unique identifier that was extracted from the electronic business document upon being accessed and that distinguishes the electronic business document from other electronic business documents.