Method and System for Processing Electronic Mail
First Claim
1. A method of processing email messages, the method comprising:
- receiving a first signal input by a user via a client computer device indicative of a request that contents of a selected email message be displayed on a display associated with the client computer device,wherein the contents of the selected email message are stored in a memory device associated with a server computer device and include contents of at least one other email message;
causing displaying on the display of at least some of the contents of the selected email message for reviewing by the user;
making a determination, at either the client computer device or the server computer device, of whether the contents of the at least one other email message have been reviewed by the user during a review by the user of the displayed contents of the selected email message; and
providing an indication regarding whether or to what extent the at least one other email message has been read based upon the determination.
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Abstract
A method and system for processing email messages are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes receiving a first signal input indicative of a request that contents of a selected email message be displayed on a display associated with a client computer device, wherein the contents are stored in a memory device associated with a server computer device and include contents of at least one other email message. The method further includes causing displaying of the contents of the selected email message for reviewing by the user. The method additionally includes making a determination of whether the contents of the at least one other email message have been reviewed by the user during the user'"'"'s review of the contents of the selected email message, and providing an indication regarding whether or to what extent the at least one other email message has been read based upon the determination.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of processing email messages, the method comprising:
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receiving a first signal input by a user via a client computer device indicative of a request that contents of a selected email message be displayed on a display associated with the client computer device, wherein the contents of the selected email message are stored in a memory device associated with a server computer device and include contents of at least one other email message; causing displaying on the display of at least some of the contents of the selected email message for reviewing by the user; making a determination, at either the client computer device or the server computer device, of whether the contents of the at least one other email message have been reviewed by the user during a review by the user of the displayed contents of the selected email message; and providing an indication regarding whether or to what extent the at least one other email message has been read based upon the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for processing email messages, the method comprising:
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a) receiving at a client computer device an indication from a user to display contents of a selected email message stored in a server device, wherein the contents of the selected email message include a first portion and a second portion corresponding to contents of first and second previous email messages also stored in the server device, respectively; b) displaying at the client computer device the contents of the selected email message for reading; c) determining whether the first portion of the selected email message has been sufficiently considered by the user during the displaying of the contents of the selected email message; d) providing an indication at the client computer device as to whether the first previous email message has been read based upon the determining; and e) repeating (c)-(d) in relation to the second portion and the second previous email message. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for processing emails, the system comprising:
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a server computer device having a processing device and a memory including at least one database for storing a plurality of email messages associated with an inbox accessible by a client computer device operated by a user, wherein the server computer device is capable of receiving information from a client computer device that is indicative of an extent to which a user operating the client computer device has reviewed contents of a first email message included among the plurality of email messages, wherein the server computer device is configured to determine, based upon the received information, whether the user has reviewed contents of another email message among the plurality of email messages while reviewing the contents of the first email message, and wherein, upon making a determination that the user has reviewed the contents of the other email message while reviewing the contents of the first email message, the server computer device modifies a read status of the other email message as stored in the memory and further provides a signal for receipt by the client computer device causing the client computer device to provide an indication of the modified read status. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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