Unsubscribing From Notification Of Future Messages In A Thread
First Claim
1. A method for controlling user notification of future electronic mail (email) messages, comprising:
- receiving an email message addressed to a user;
determining if the email message belongs to an existing message thread; and
in the case the email message belongs to an existing message thread, presenting the user with a selection of a plurality of options for controlling notification of future emails addressed to the user and belonging to the existing message thread.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to unsubscribing from notification of future messages in an existing message thread. A method for controlling user notification of future electronic mail (email) messages in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving an email message addressed to a user; determining if the email message belongs to an existing message thread; and in the case the email message belongs to an existing message thread, presenting the user with a selection of a plurality of options for controlling notification of future emails addressed to the user and belonging to the existing message thread.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for controlling user notification of future electronic mail (email) messages, comprising:
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receiving an email message addressed to a user; determining if the email message belongs to an existing message thread; and in the case the email message belongs to an existing message thread, presenting the user with a selection of a plurality of options for controlling notification of future emails addressed to the user and belonging to the existing message thread. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for controlling user notification of future electronic mail (email) messages, comprising:
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an email system for receiving an email message addressed to a user; a message threading service for determining if the email message belongs to an existing message thread; and a system for presenting the user with a selection of a plurality of options for controlling notification of future emails addressed to the user and belonging to the existing message thread, in the case the email message belongs to an existing message thread. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A program product stored on a computer readable medium, which when executed, controls user notification of future electronic mail (email) messages, the computer readable medium comprising program code for:
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receiving an email message addressed to a user; determining if the email message belongs to an existing message thread; and presenting the user with a selection of a plurality of options for controlling notification of future emails addressed to the user and belonging to the existing message thread, in the case the email message belongs to an existing message thread.
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18. A method, comprising:
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receiving a new email belonging to an existing message thread; checking a value in a message handling field of the thread object corresponding to the existing message thread; and selectively notifying a user of the new message based on the value in the message handling field of the thread object corresponding to the existing message thread.
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