Method for storing and searching e-mail data by classification
First Claim
1. A method for storing e-mail data by classification, comprising:
- providing a server device and a storage medium wherein the server device contains e-mail data;
retrieving the e-mail data of a predetermined time period from the server device and storing the retrieved e-mail data in the storage medium;
classifying the e-mail data stored in the storage medium into at least one chapter directory of an electronic book according to at least one characteristic category of the e-mail data; and
mapping the chapter directory to the content of the e-mail.
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Abstract
This invention describes a method for storing and searching sets of e-mail data by classification so as to effectively organize mass quantities of e-mail data and to improve the searching and reading efficiency of e-mail reading programs. This method produces an electronic book from such data as well as produces chapter directories of different categories accordingly so that the user can read the content of his e-mail as if he'"'"'s reading a book. The method of this invention involves first retrieving the e-mail of a specified period from an e-mail server or an e-mail file and then classifying the e-mail into different categories according to the attributes or contents thereof so as to enable the categories to be converted into the chapter directories of the electronic book and mapped to the actual content of the e-mail.
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1. A method for storing e-mail data by classification, comprising:
- providing a server device and a storage medium wherein the server device contains e-mail data;
retrieving the e-mail data of a predetermined time period from the server device and storing the retrieved e-mail data in the storage medium;
classifying the e-mail data stored in the storage medium into at least one chapter directory of an electronic book according to at least one characteristic category of the e-mail data; and
mapping the chapter directory to the content of the e-mail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- providing a server device and a storage medium wherein the server device contains e-mail data;
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