E-Mail with Discretionary Functionality
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Abstract
An embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, comprises an e-mail method including creating an e-mail having discretionary functionality and sending the e-mail. Another embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, comprises an e-mail sever including a computer configured to create an e-mail having discretionary functionality and to send the e-mail.
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35 Claims
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16. A computer program embodied on non-transitory computer-readable media comprising:
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software segments for creating an e-mail having a discretionary functionality including an image to be displayed within a body portion of said e-mail, a set of rules governing interaction with said image, and a store of data, said image including at least portions with which a recipient may interact, subject to the enforcement of said set of rules, to at least one of increase and modify said store of data; and sending said e-mail to said recipient; wherein said image is an image of a game, said game comprises chess, said set of rules comprise rules of said game, and said store of data comprises a state of said game. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 34)
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21. A computer program embodied on non-transitory computer-readable media comprising:
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software segments configured to create an e-mail having a discretionary functionality including an image to be displayed within a body portion of said e-mail and an Internet hyperlink comprising a URL that is associated with said image which can be activated by a recipient of said e-mail to access Internet functionality, wherein said Internet functionality comprises a streaming video; and software segments configured to send said e-mail to said recipient; whereby said recipient may view said image and select said hyperlink after opening said e-mail. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 25, 35)
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