Web based email control center for monitoring and providing a sumary of the detected event information organized according to relationships between the user and network sites
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1. A method performed by a processing system, comprising:
- detecting one or more online events in response to one or more commands from a user of a plurality of network sites;
accumulating event information corresponding to the online events; and
presenting presentation information to a user corresponding to the event information, the presentation information comprising a summary of the event information organized according to relationships between the user and the plurality of network sites, the presentation information being presented in a message window while the user is accessing the network utilizing a browser application.
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Abstract
Accessing web sites on which the user has an account and providing notification of changes at the site, and improved electronic mail management is provided, allowing all email to be collected and forwarded from a central site to other email addresses or allowing for the user to view the email at the central site. The user may assign individual email addresses to any number of uses, for example, an individual email address for use in communicating with a particular commercial web site.
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1. A method performed by a processing system, comprising:
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detecting one or more online events in response to one or more commands from a user of a plurality of network sites;
accumulating event information corresponding to the online events; and
presenting presentation information to a user corresponding to the event information, the presentation information comprising a summary of the event information organized according to relationships between the user and the plurality of network sites, the presentation information being presented in a message window while the user is accessing the network utilizing a browser application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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detecting means for detecting one or more online events in response to one or more commands from a user of a plurality of network sites;
accumulating means coupled to the detecting means for accumulating event information corresponding to the online events; and
presenting means coupled to the accumulating means for presenting presentation information to a user corresponding to the event information, the presentation information comprising a summary of the event information organized according to relationships between the user and the plurality of network sites, the presentation information being presented in a message window while the user is accessing the network utilizing a browser application. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable storage medium storing program code for causing a computer to perform the steps of:
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detecting one or more online events in response to one or more commands from a user of a plurality of network sites;
accumulating event information corresponding to the online events; and
presenting presentation information to a user corresponding to the event information, the presentation information comprising a summary of the event information organized according to relationships between the user and the plurality of network sites, the presentation information being presented in a message window while the user is accessing the network utilizing a browser application.
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20. A method comprising:
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monitoring via the network accounts of a user on one or more web sites to detect status changes in the user accounts, the status changes including at least one of;
receipt of a message directed to the user, transactions conducted on behalf of the user, charges incurred by the user, rewards given to the user, and expiration of a subscription; and
presenting information to the user that simultaneously summarizes the detected status changes according to the user accounts while the user is accessing the network via a browser window, the information being presented in a window separate from the browser window, the information including at least one link for accessing the one or more user accounts via the network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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