METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CUSTOMIZING A MAIL HISTORY
First Claim
1. A method for customizing a mail history, comprising:
- generating a mail tree composed of all received mails belonging to a same topic;
receiving a user input indicating a mail to be replied to and a mail to be referred to which are selected by the user, the mail to be replied to and the mail to be referred to being located on different branches of the mail tree;
acquiring a first plurality of mails on a first path from a root mail of the mail tree to a child mail of the mail to be replied to, and a second plurality of mails on a second path from the root mail to a child mail of the mail to be referred to; and
merging the first plurality of mails and the second plurality of mails to generate a merging result as the mail history.
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Abstract
A method and a device for customizing a mail history are provided. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: generating a mail tree composed of all received mails belonging to a same topic; receiving a user input indicating a mail to be replied to and a mail to be referred to which are selected by the user, the mail to be replied to and the mail to be referred to being located on different branches of the mail tree; acquiring a first plurality of mails on a first path from a root mail of the mail tree to a child mail of the mail to be replied to, and a second plurality of mails on a second path from the root mail to a child mail of the mail to be referred to; and merging the first plurality of mails and the second plurality of mails to generate a merging result as the mail history. With the method and the device, when replying to a current mail, a user can conveniently refer to a mail on a different branch of a same mail tree or on a different mail tree, thereby improving the efficiency of a mail system.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for customizing a mail history, comprising:
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generating a mail tree composed of all received mails belonging to a same topic; receiving a user input indicating a mail to be replied to and a mail to be referred to which are selected by the user, the mail to be replied to and the mail to be referred to being located on different branches of the mail tree; acquiring a first plurality of mails on a first path from a root mail of the mail tree to a child mail of the mail to be replied to, and a second plurality of mails on a second path from the root mail to a child mail of the mail to be referred to; and merging the first plurality of mails and the second plurality of mails to generate a merging result as the mail history. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device for customizing a mail history, comprising:
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generating means for generating a mail tree composed of all received mails belonging to a same topic; receiving means for receiving a user input indicating a mail to be replied to and a mail to be referred to which are selected by the user, the mail to be replied to and the mail to be referred to being located on different branches of the mail tree; acquiring means for acquiring a first plurality of mails on a first path from a root mail of the mail tree to a child mail of the mail to be replied to, and a second plurality of mails on a second path from the root mail to a child mail of the mail to be referred to; and merging means for merging the first plurality of mails and the second plurality of mails to generate a merging result as the mail history. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for customizing a mail history, comprising:
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generating a first mail tree composed of all received mails belonging to a first topic, and generating a second mail tree composed of all received mails belonging to a second topic; receiving a user input indicating a mail to be replied to which is selected by the user in the first mail tree and a mail to be referred to which is selected by the user in the second mail tree; acquiring a first plurality of mails on a first path from a root mail of the first mail tree to a child mail of the mail to be replied to in the first mail tree, and acquiring a second plurality of mails on a second path from a root mail of the second mail tree to a child mail of the mail to be referred to in the second mail tree; and merging the first plurality of mails and the second plurality of mails to generate a merging result as the mail history. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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