METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO CONTENT OF AN E-MAIL
First Claim
1. A method for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving emails for a user;
analyzing content of such a received email and identifying an information type of one or more strings in the content based, at least in part, upon predetermined information patterns;
searching additional information related to basic information associated with a string in accordance with the identified information type, the basic information being at least a portion of the content of the received email; and
displaying the additional information in response to receiving a user-initiated selection.
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Abstract
A method of providing additional information related to content of an e-mail is disclosed. The method includes receiving emails for a user: analyzing content of such a received email and identifying an information type of one or more strings in the content based, at least in part, upon predetermined information patterns; searching additional information related to basic information associated with a string in accordance with the identified information type; and displaying the additional information in response to receiving a user-initiated selection. The present invention is a method and system for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail such that the user can obtain additional information related to content of an e-mail without leaving the web page showing the email.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving emails for a user; analyzing content of such a received email and identifying an information type of one or more strings in the content based, at least in part, upon predetermined information patterns; searching additional information related to basic information associated with a string in accordance with the identified information type, the basic information being at least a portion of the content of the received email; and displaying the additional information in response to receiving a user-initiated selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail, the method comprising:
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receiving via a network an email including basic information associated with at least one string included in a body of the email, and additional information related to the basic information associated with each of the at least one string from a server; detecting a user-initiated selection of a string included in the body of the received email; and in response to receiving the user-initiated selection, displaying the additional information related to the basic information associated with the selected string. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail, the system comprising:
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at least one memory having program instructions and databases; means for receiving emails for a user; means for analyzing content of such a received email and identifying an information type of one or more strings in the content based, at least in part, upon predetermined information patterns; means for searching additional information related to basic information associated with a string in accordance with the identified information type, the basic information being at least a portion of the content of the received email; and means for displaying the additional information in response to receiving a user-initiated selection. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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16. A system for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail, the system comprising:
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a pattern-recognition module for analyzing content of an email and identifying an information type of one or more strings in the content based, at least in part, upon predetermined information patterns; an information-search module for searching additional information related to basic information associated with a string in accordance with the identified information type, the basic information being at least a portion of the content of the received email; and a server-control module for providing the additional information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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