Email classifier
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1. A method for facilitating electronic mail (“
- email”
) classification, the method comprising;
presenting a graphical object to a user interacting with an email message, the graphical object configured to receive information from the user describing at least one category to which the email relates; and
storing the email message and the at least one category associated with the email message.
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Abstract
An email classifier gives users the ability to efficiently and easily assign category information to email messages. The email classifier may present a graphical window to a user interacting with an email message. Through the graphical window, the user enters information describing at least one category to which the email relates. The email and its associated category information may be archived for later access.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating electronic mail (“
- email”
) classification, the method comprising;
presenting a graphical object to a user interacting with an email message, the graphical object configured to receive information from the user describing at least one category to which the email relates; and
storing the email message and the at least one category associated with the email message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic mail (“
- email”
) classifier comprising;
a graphical window presented to an email user when the email user attempts to send an email message to an addressee, the graphical window being configured to present information to the email user describing a plurality of possible categories that may be assigned to the email message, and receive information from the user selecting one of the categories; and
a database to store the email message and the selected category. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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presenting a list of categories that are potentially related to an email message to a user;
receiving a selection of one or more of the categories from the user;
associating the selected one or more of the categories with the email message; and
archiving the email message with the selected one or more categories associated with the email message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computing device comprising:
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means for presenting a list of categories that are potentially related to an email message to a user;
means for receiving a selection of one or more of the categories from the user for the email message; and
means for archiving the email message with the categories for the email message.
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24. A computer-readable medium comprising:
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instructions for presenting a graphical window to a user interacting with an email message, the graphical window configured to receive information from the user describing at least one category to which the email relates; and
storing the email message and the at least one category associated with the email message.
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