Method and apparatus for selective forwarding of e-mail and document content

• US 20070288859A1
• Filed: 06/07/2006
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. (Atos SE)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Communications Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Vuong, John, Korah, Sarah
• Application Number:
  US11/449,221
• Publication Number:
  US 20070288859A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A telecommunications method includes selecting and copying a portion of a document; detecting said selecting and copying; and automatically generating an e-mail editing window responsive to said detecting and pasting said portion into said e-mail editing window. In some embodiments, a method further includes generating a dialog after said detecting for providing an option to deselect the automatically generating option. In some embodiments, the selecting and copying includes selecting and copying using a cursor pointing device. In some embodiments, generating a dialog includes selecting a dialog option using a cursor pointing device

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

selecting and copying a portion of a document;

detecting said selecting and copying; and

automatically generating an e-mail editing window responsive to said detecting and pasting said portion into said e-mail editing window.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, further including generating a dialog after said detecting for providing an option to deselect the automatically generating option.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said selecting and copying includes selecting and copying using a cursor pointing device.

4. A method in accordance with claim 2, wherein said generating a dialog includes selecting a dialog option using a cursor pointing device.

5. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said document is an e-mail document.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said document is a word processing document.

7. Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method comprising:

detecting a selecting and copying of a portion of a document to a clipboard memory 113; and

automatically generating an e-mail editing window responsive to said detecting and pasting said portion into said e-mail editing window.

8. Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 7, further comprising generating a dialog after said detecting for providing an option to deselect the automatically generating option.

9. Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 7, wherein said selecting and copying includes selecting and copying using a cursor pointing device.

10. Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said generating a dialog includes selecting a dialog option using a cursor pointing device.

11. Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 7, wherein said document is an e-mail document.

12. Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 7, wherein said document is a word processing document.

13. A processing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory operably coupled to the processor storing code executable by the processor for

selecting and copying a portion of a document to a clipboard memory 113;

detecting said selecting and copying; and

automatically generating an e-mail editing window responsive to said detecting and pasting said portion into said e-mail editing window

14. A processing device in accordance with claim 13, said code executable by the processor including code for generating a dialog after said detecting for providing an option to deselect the automatically generating option.

15. A processing device in accordance with claim 13, wherein said selecting and copying includes selecting and copying using a cursor pointing device.

16. A processing device in accordance with claim 14, wherein said generating a dialog includes selecting a dialog option using a cursor pointing device.

17. A processing device in accordance with claim 13, wherein said document is an e-mail document.

18. A processing device in accordance with claim 13, wherein said document is a word processing document.