Graphical user interface for uploading files

• US 20050004987A1
• Filed: 07/03/2003
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 645 E. PLUMB LANE, AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SBC, Inc. (Illinois) (Wintrust Financial Corporation)
• Inventors: Bangor, Aaron
• Application Number:
  US10/614,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20050004987A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A graphical user interface (GUI) comprises a first user-selectable button having associated text that includes a verbal of “attach”, and a second user-selectable button having associated text that includes an imperative for “attach”.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:

a first user-selectable button having associated text that includes a verbal of “

attach”

.

2. The GUI of claim 1 wherein the verbal comprises an infinitive of “

attach”

.

3. The GUI of claim 2 wherein the infinitive has an adjectival-use form.

4. The GUI of claim 3 wherein the infinitive has an active voice.

5. The GUI of claim 4 wherein the text comprises “

find file to attach”

.

6. The GUI of claim 3 wherein the infinitive has a passive voice.

7. The GUI of claim 6 wherein the text comprises “

find file to be attached”

.

8. The GUI of claim 2 wherein the infinitive has a noun-use form.

9. The GUI of claim 8 wherein the infinitive has an active voice.

10. The GUI of claim 9 wherein the text comprises “

find file which to attach”

.

11. The GUI of claim 8 wherein the infinitive has a passive voice.

12. The GUI of claim 11 wherein the text comprises “

find file which is to be attached”

.

13. The GUI of claim 2 wherein the infinitive has an adverbial-use form.

14. The GUI of claim 13 wherein the infinitive has an active voice.

15. The GUI of claim 14 wherein the text comprises “

find file you want to attach”

.

16. The GUI of claim 13 wherein the infinitive has a passive voice.

17. The GUI of claim 16 wherein the text comprises “

find file you want to be attached”

.

18. The GUI of claim 1 wherein the verbal comprises a gerund of “

attach”

.

19. The GUI of claim 18 wherein the text comprises “

find file for attaching”

.

20. The GUI of claim 1 wherein the text is within the first user-selectable button.

21. The GUI of claim 1 further comprising:

a second user-selectable button having associated text that includes an imperative for “

attach”

.

22. The GUI of claim 21 wherein the text associated with the second user-selectable button comprises “

attach file”

.

23. The GUI of claim 21 wherein the text associated with the second user-selectable button comprises “

attach files”

.

24. The GUI of claim 1 wherein the first user-selectable button is to initiate a GUI element to find at least one file to attach to a message.

25. The GUI of claim 24 wherein the GUI element comprises a dialog box.

26. The GUI of claim 1 wherein the first user-selectable button is to initiate a file browser of an operating system.

27. A graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:

a first user-selectable button having associated text therein that includes “

Find File to Attach”

, the first user-selectable button to initiate a file browser of an operating system; and

a second user-selectable button having associated text therein that includes “

Attach Files”

, the second user-selectable button to initiate attaching one or more files found using the file browser.

28. A method comprising:

providing a first user-selectable button having associated text that includes a verbal of “

attach”

;

in response to receiving a user selection of the first user-selectable button, initiating a graphical user interface (GUI) element to find at least one file to attach to a message;

receiving a selection of a file with the GUI element; and

uploading the file.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein the verbal comprises an infinitive of “

attach”

.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein the infinitive has an adjectival-use form.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein the infinitive has an active voice.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein the text comprises “

find file to attach”

.

33. The method of claim 30 wherein the infinitive has a passive voice.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein the text comprises “

find file to be attached”

.

35. The method of claim 29 wherein the infinitive has a noun-use form.

36. The method of claim 35 wherein the infinitive has an active voice.

37. The method of claim 36 wherein the text comprises “

find file which to attach”

.

38. The method of claim 35 wherein the infinitive has a passive voice.

39. The method of claim 38 wherein the text comprises “

find file which is to be attached”

.

40. The method of claim 29 wherein the infinitive has an adverbial-use form.

41. The method of claim 40 wherein the infinitive has an active voice.

42. The method of claim 41 wherein the text comprises “

find file you want to attach”

.

43. The method of claim 40 wherein the infinitive has a passive voice.

44. The method of claim 43 wherein the text comprises “

find file you want to be attached”

.

45. The method of claim 28 wherein the verbal comprises a gerund of “

attach”

.

46. The method of claim 45 wherein the text comprises “

find file for attaching”

.

47. The method of claim 28 wherein the text is within the first user-selectable button.

48. The method of claim 28 further comprising:

providing a second user-selectable button having associated text that includes an imperative for “

attach”

, wherein said uploading is performed in response to a user selection of the second user-selectable button.

49. The method of claim 48 wherein the text associated with the second user-selectable button comprises “

attach file”

.

50. The method of claim 48 wherein the text associated with the second user-selectable button comprises “

attach files”

.

51. The method of claim 28 wherein the GUI element comprises a dialog box.

52. The method of claim 28 wherein the GUI element comprises a file browser of an operating system.

53. The method of claim 28 wherein the text is included in a tag associated with the first user-selectable button.

54. The method of claim 28 further comprising displaying the text in response to a mouse-over event associated with the first user-selectable button.

55. The method of claim 28 further comprising audibly displaying the text.

56. A computer readable media comprising:

a plurality of instructions for

providing a first user-selectable button having associated text that includes a verbal of “

attach”

;

in response to receiving a user selection of the first user-selectable button, initiating a graphical user interface (GUI) element to find at least one file to attach to a message;

receiving a selection of a file with the GUI element; and

uploading the file.