Electronic mail display method

• US 20060168008A1
• Filed: 11/19/2004
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cliff Chen
• Original Assignee: Cliff Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Cliff
• Application Number:
  US10/991,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20060168008A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

An electronic mail display method is described. The display method establishes a database for storing a sender list and a plurality of group lists for senders, starts an electronic mail monitoring mode for checking incoming electronic mail, executes an electronic mail filtering process, and displays the existence of the incoming mail in a predetermined manner indicative of the senders of the incoming mail on the basis of the information of incoming mail after finishing the electronic mail filtering process.

Claims

1. An electronic mail display method, comprising:

establishing a database for storing a sender list and a plurality of group lists for senders;

starting an electronic mail monitoring mode for checking for incoming electronic mail;

executing an electronic mail filtering process; and

displaying existence of the incoming mail in a predetermined manner indicative of senders of the incoming mail based on information about the incoming mail after finishing the electronic mail filtering process.

2. The display method in claim 1, wherein the step of establishing the sender list further includes generates a corresponding table including all electronic mail senders.

3. The display method in claim 2, wherein the corresponding table relates all senders to the database.

4. The display method in claim 1, wherein the electronic mail filtering process is performed based on the information of the incoming mail, including senders'"'"' addresses, electronic mail titles, or content of electronic mail.

5. The display method in claim 1, wherein the predetermined manner is a viewable or an audible mode.

6. An electronic mail display method, comprising:

establishing a database for a sender list and a plurality of group lists for senders;

generating a corresponding table for all electronic mail senders;

starting an electronic mail monitoring mode for checking incoming mail;

determining existence of received signals indicative of receipt of incoming mail;

executing an electronic mail filtering process; and

displaying existence of the incoming mail in a predetermined manner indicative of senders of the incoming mail based on the information of incoming mail after finishing the electronic mail filtering process.

7. The display method in claim 6, wherein the corresponding table relates all electronic mail senders to the database.

8. The display method in claim 6, wherein the step of determining the existence of the receiving signals indicative of the receiving of the incoming mail further includes steps of executing the electronic mail filtering process when the receiving signals exist or otherwise returning to starting the electronic mail monitoring process.

9. The display method in claim 6, wherein the information of incoming mail includes senders'"'"' mail address, electronic mail titles or content of the incoming mail.

10. The display method in claim 6, wherein the step of executing the electronic mail filtering process further includes steps of looking for senders from the sender list according to senders'"'"' mail addresses and thereafter determining to which groups senders belong.

11. The display method in claim 6, wherein the predetermined manner is a viewable or an audible manner.