Systems and methods for sending customized emails to recipient groups
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1. A method for allowing a user to send electronic mails to a plurality of recipients, comprising:
- providing a graphical window on an electronic display of an electronic device for inputting a message;
allowing the user to input the message;
allowing the user to identify a first portion of the message as intended for a first recipient group;
allowing the user to identify a second portion of the message as intended for a second recipient group;
creating, based at least in part on the identified first portion of the message, a first electronic mail for delivery to the first recipient group;
creating, based at least in part on the identified second portion of the message, a second electronic mail for delivery to the second recipient group; and
sending the first and second electronic mails.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for allowing a user to send customized electronic mails to recipients, comprising providing a graphical window on a display screen of an electronic device, allowing the user to input a message which is displayed within the graphical window, allowing the user to identify portions of the message as being intended for certain recipient groups, creating an electronic mail for each recipient group based on the portions of the message identified as being intended for that recipient group, and sending the electronic mails.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for allowing a user to send electronic mails to a plurality of recipients, comprising:
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providing a graphical window on an electronic display of an electronic device for inputting a message; allowing the user to input the message; allowing the user to identify a first portion of the message as intended for a first recipient group; allowing the user to identify a second portion of the message as intended for a second recipient group; creating, based at least in part on the identified first portion of the message, a first electronic mail for delivery to the first recipient group; creating, based at least in part on the identified second portion of the message, a second electronic mail for delivery to the second recipient group; and sending the first and second electronic mails. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for allowing a user to send customized electronic mails to a plurality of recipients, comprising:
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an electronic device for communicating with recipient electronic devices; a display operably coupled to the electronic device for displaying a graphical window; an interface for allowing the user to input a message to be displayed within the graphical window; programmable memory for maintaining respective first and second membership lists of first and second recipient groups; additional programmable memory for storing indicators identifying first and second portions of the message; a parser for creating respective first and second electronic mails based on the first and second portions of the message and the first and second recipient groups; and a transmitter for transmitting the electronic mails. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for allowing a user to send electronic mails to a plurality of recipients, comprising:
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providing a graphical window on an electronic display of an electronic device for inputting a message; allowing the user to input the message; allowing the user to identify a first portion of the message as intended for a first recipient group; allowing the user to identify a second portion of the message as intended for a second recipient group; creating, based at least in part on the identified first portion of the message, a first electronic mail for delivery to the first recipient group; creating, based at least in part on the identified second portion of the message, a second electronic mail for delivery to the second recipient group; sending the first and second electronic mails, a first electronic mail client receiving the first electronic mail, identifying whether the first electronic mail client is operating on a portable device, the first electronic mail client, upon an identification that the first electronic mail client is not operating on a portable device, displaying a full version of the message wherein the first portion of the message is visually distinguished from the portions of the message that are not part of the first portion, and the first electronic mail client, upon an identification that the first electronic mail client is operating on a portable device, displaying a first abridged version of the message that includes the first portion of the message and does not include the second portion of the message.
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