Message Handling With Selective User Participation

• US 20080133686A1
• Filed: 10/29/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MailFrontier Incorporated (SonicWall Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wilson, Brian K., Eikenberry, Scott D., Koblas, David A., Uyeda, Damon K., Ng, Kwok H.
• Granted Patent: US 7,925,707 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

Handling a message comprises: classifying an incoming message for a recipient, storing the classified message and providing a notification to the recipient, wherein the notification includes summary information about the classified message and an interface that allows the recipient to operate on the classified message.

Claims

1. A method of handling a message, comprising:

classifying an incoming message for a recipient;

storing the classified message; and

providing a notification to the recipient;

wherein the notification includes summary information about the classified message and an interface that allows the recipient to operate on the classified message.

2-30. -30. (canceled)