Messaging system for indicating status of a sender of electronic mail and method and computer program product therefor
First Claim
1. A computer program product for operating an electronic mail application on a first computer, comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable program code for operation on the first computer and embodied in the storage medium, wherein the operation of the computer-readable program code comprises;
accepting an incoming electronic mail message sent by a sender using a second computer;
providing a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a message display including information regarding the incoming electronic mail message; and
displaying a status of the sender in the display.
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Abstract
An electronic mail computer program running as a client application permits a user to determine in a single user interface application window, for example an “in-box,” the on-line status of those persons who have sent e-mail messages to the user. Once such a sender has been identified as being currently on-line and available for real-time messaging, the user may use the same application window to initiate real-time messaging with the sender. The client application cooperates with a messaging system server that manages and provides the on-line state of senders of electronic mail to the user'"'"'s client computer, including for example the following states: on-line, off-line, do-not-disturb, and accepting real-time messaging.
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28 Claims
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1. A computer program product for operating an electronic mail application on a first computer, comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable program code for operation on the first computer and embodied in the storage medium, wherein the operation of the computer-readable program code comprises;
accepting an incoming electronic mail message sent by a sender using a second computer;
providing a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a message display including information regarding the incoming electronic mail message; and
displaying a status of the sender in the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A messaging system for indicating a status of a sender of an electronic mail message, comprising:
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a client computer; and
an electronic mail application, running on the client computer, for receiving the electronic mail message and comprising a user interface to display information regarding the electronic mail message, wherein the user interface indicates the status of the sender. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of using an electronic mail application running on a client computer, comprising:
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providing an incoming messages window;
receiving an electronic mail message from a sender;
displaying an indication of receipt of the electronic mail message in the incoming messages window;
determining a state of the sender; and
displaying a status indicator, corresponding to the state of the sender, in the incoming messages window. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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