USER INTERFACE FOR EMAIL INBOX TO CALL ATTENTION DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF EMAIL
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Abstract
A user interface for email users which calls attention to one or more categories of emails in different ways. In some species, at least three categories are used: branded senders with Trumarks; white list buddies; and fraudulent emails which are either not from the domain they purport to be from or in which the content was tampered. The preferred embodiment authenticates emails from branded senders and displays them with the sender'"'"'s Truemark. Branded sender emails have their Truemarks displayed in the sender column of a list view in the preferred embodiment. In a preferred embodiment, white list senders have either an icon or other graphic or photo they choose displayed to the left or right of the sender column with their name in the sender column. In a preferred embodiment, fraudulent emails have a fraud icon displayed to the left or right of the sender column with a warning in the sender column. Antiphishing processing is also disclosed.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method, comprising:
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identifying events retrieved from an email server for new emails being retrieved from the email server into an email client; and customizing the events within the email client by adding functionality to the email client that calls attention to senders of the emails with one or more of;
branding visual indicators, whitelist visual indicators, and fraudulent visual indicators for the senders. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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monitoring communications between an email server and an email client; enhancing visual presentations of emails within the email client during the monitoring by adding visual indicators for senders of the emails before the emails are presented within an inbox of the email client. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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an email client; and an email client service to;
i) execute on a hardware device, ii) monitor communications between the email client and an email server, and iii) enhance presentation of emails within an inbox of the email client with distinctive visual indicators assigned to senders of the emails. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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