FAST MOBILE MAIL WITH CONTEXT INDICATORS

• US 20180069811A1
• Filed: 04/18/2017
• Published: 03/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bending Spoons SpA
• Original Assignee: Evernote Corp. (Bending Spoons SpA)
• Inventors: Libin, Phil, Lang, Keith, Warwick, Richard M., Hinkle, Christopher, Jimenez, Juan Carlos, Ryall, Ken, Armendariz, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 10,237,208 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes

Abstract

Facilitating replying to received email messages includes presenting a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content, providing a mechanism to superimpose a selected subset of the fast reply tokens on to different portions of the received email message to compose an annotated email messages, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from any reply email text, and sending the annotated email message. The fast reply tokens may include action icons, status icons, emoticons, emojis, expressive elements, clip art, highlighters, geometric shapes, arrows, short tunes, audio clips, video clips, abbreviated standard texts, and freehand notes. Facilitating replying to received email messages may also include providing cultural adaptations and localization of fast reply tokens based on a setting provided by a recipient of the annotated email message.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device having a display, one or more processors and memory, the memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors;

receiving, from an author, an electronic message;

presenting, to a user of the device, a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content to compose an annotated reply electronic message;

receiving, from the user of the device, an indication of a selection of one or more of the fast reply tokens;

providing, to the user of the device, a mechanism to superimpose a first snippet corresponding to the selected fast reply token of the one or more fast reply tokens on to different portions of the electronic message, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from text within the annotated reply electronic message; and

in accordance with the selection, generating the annotated reply electronic message with the one or more fast reply tokens superimposed on the selection;

sending, to the author of the electronic message, the annotated reply electronic message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing cultural adaptations and localization of the fast reply tokens based on a setting provided by the author of the electronic message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mechanism to superimpose the selection of one or more fast reply tokens includes dragging each of the selected one of the fast reply tokens on to a portion of the annotated reply electronic message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising superimposing a scroll bar for navigating through the one or more fast reply tokens on to the received electronic messages.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, to the user, a search bar for searching the selectable set of fast reply tokens by category.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically restricting the user from sending predetermined inputs in accordance with a determination that the user is within a predefined location.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising automatically restricting the user from receiving predetermined inputs in accordance with the determination that the user is within a predefined location.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising detecting the user is a driver in a moving vehicle, wherein the user is restricted to sending and receiving audio-only input in response to the detecting of the user is the driver in the moving vehicle.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

automatically converting the annotated reply electronic message from a first type of input to one of the predetermined inputs, wherein the first type of input is distinct from the predetermined input.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory, the memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for;

receiving, from an author, an electronic message;

presenting, to a user of the device, a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content to compose an annotated reply electronic message;

receiving, from the user of the device, an indication of a selection of one or more of the fast reply tokens;

providing, to the user of the device, a mechanism to superimpose a first snippet corresponding to the selected fast reply token of the one or more fast reply tokens on to different portions of the electronic message, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from-text within the annotated reply electronic message; and

in accordance with the selection, generating the annotated reply electronic message with the one or more fast reply tokens superimposed on the selection;

sending, to the author of the electronic message, the annotated reply electronic message.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs to be executed by an electronic device with a display, one or more processors, and memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

receiving, from an author, an electronic message;

presenting, to a user of the device, a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content to compose an annotated reply electronic message;

receiving, from the user of the device, an indication of a selection of one or more of the fast reply tokens;

providing, to the user of the device, a mechanism to superimpose a first snippet corresponding to the selected fast reply token of the one or more fast reply tokens on to different portions of the electronic message, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from-text within the annotated reply electronic message; and

in accordance with the selection, generating the annotated reply electronic message with the one or more fast reply tokens superimposed on the selection;

sending, to the author of the received electronic message, the annotated reply electronic message.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising providing cultural adaptations and localization of the fast reply tokens based on a setting provided by the author of the electronic message.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the mechanism to superimpose the selection of one or more fast reply tokens includes dragging each of the selected one of the fast reply tokens on to a portion of the annotated reply electronic message.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions for determining a tone of the annotated email message based on the fast reply tokens superimposed on to the annotated electronic message;

and providing to the author, an indication of the overall tone of the annotated reply electronic message.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the overall tone of the annotated electronic message is positive and the indication of the overall tone is of a smiling emoticon.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions for including context information with at least some of the fast reply tokens superimposed on the annotated reply electronic message, wherein the context information includes portions of source documents associated with at least some of the fast reply tokens.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein each of the portions of source documents includes location information indicating a location of the corresponding portion.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the location information indicates a page number and a position on the page for the corresponding portion.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the position on the page is descriptive.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the electronic message is an email message.