DYNAMIC TYPE-AHEAD FOR LISTS OF PRIOR SPECIFIED ADDRESSEES
First Claim
1. A method for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees, the method comprising:
- detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer;
matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message; and
,auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees can include detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer. The method also can include matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists in that each of the entries in the table includes multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message. Finally, the method can include auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees, the method comprising:
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detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer; matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message; and
,auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A message processing system comprising:
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a computer with memory and a processor; a messaging client executing in the memory by the processor of the computer, the messaging client being configured for communicative coupling to a messaging server over a computer communications network; and
,a type-ahead for recipient lists module coupled to the messaging client, the module comprising program code enabled to detect character input in an addressee field of a composition view of the messaging client, to match the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message, and to auto-complete the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees, the computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code for detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer; computer usable program code for matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message; and
,computer usable program code for auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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