ENHANCEMENTS TO UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AND MESSAGING SYSTEMS
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- identifying address data for an electronic interaction, the address data defining participant addresses for a plurality of participants in the interaction;
categorizing the participant addresses according to each participant'"'"'s role in the interaction as belonging to an initiator category or to one of a plurality of recipient categories;
further categorizing the addresses into a plurality of domain groups according to the domain name within each address;
associating a visual attribute with each of the domain groups;
wherein a viewer of a display space is a participant in the interaction;
and wherein displaying the corresponding display text for each recipient address according to its corresponding visual attribute within a display space within which the location of the display text for each participant address is bounded according to the domain group of which it is a member rather than the recipient group of which it is a member.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method of handling a plurality of communications between parties. Novel approaches to the presentation, storage and creation of both real-time and “store and forward” interactions are presented. These make it easier for a user of the system to read and understand what is being communicated, by whom and to whom. This extends beyond the presentation of a single message to sets of related messages. By combining recording of real-time interactions with the presentation and handling of inherently “store and forward” mechanisms, users find it easier to mix and match communication methods optimally for the task at hand.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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identifying address data for an electronic interaction, the address data defining participant addresses for a plurality of participants in the interaction; categorizing the participant addresses according to each participant'"'"'s role in the interaction as belonging to an initiator category or to one of a plurality of recipient categories; further categorizing the addresses into a plurality of domain groups according to the domain name within each address; associating a visual attribute with each of the domain groups; wherein a viewer of a display space is a participant in the interaction; and wherein displaying the corresponding display text for each recipient address according to its corresponding visual attribute within a display space within which the location of the display text for each participant address is bounded according to the domain group of which it is a member rather than the recipient group of which it is a member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18)
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16. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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identifying address data for an electronic interaction, the address data defining participant addresses for a plurality of participants in the interaction; categorizing the participant addresses into a plurality of domain groups according to the domain name within each address; wherein a viewer of a display space is a participant in the interaction and is provided with a means of responding to one or more of the other participants in the interaction operative such that when selected, the viewer is presented with selectable options to reply to the participants'"'"' addresses contained within a set of one or more of the domain groups.
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19. A computing device, comprising:
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a display subsystem including a display device; a processing subsystem in data communication with the display subsystem; a data store in data communication with the processing subsystem and storing instructions executable by the processing subsystem that upon such execution cause the computing device to perform operations comprising; identifying address data for an electronic interaction, the address data defining participant addresses for a plurality of participants in the interaction; categorizing the participant addresses according to each participant'"'"'s role in the interaction as belonging to an initiator category or to one of a plurality of recipient categories; further categorizing the addresses into a plurality of domain groups according to the domain name within each address; and associating a visual attribute with each of the domain groups; wherein a viewer of a display space is a participant in the interaction; and wherein displaying the corresponding display text for each recipient address according to its corresponding visual attribute within a display space within which the location of the display text for each participant address is bounded according to the domain group of which it is a member rather than the recipient group of which it is a member.
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