Method of setting destinations of electronic mail
First Claim
1. A recipient selection window being displayed on a display device of a sender communication terminal, said display device coupled to an input device via a processor, said input device configured to accept input from a user for determining recipients of an electronic mail (e-mail) message, said recipient selection window concurrently comprising:
- an address list section displaying an electronic mail address book that includes at least one individual name of an individual and at least one group name of a mailing group;
a first destination section for specifying recipients of the e-mail message;
a first destination button for placing a selected name in the destination section in response to the destination button being clicked by the user, said selected name identifying a recipient of the e-mail message and being an individual name that is highlighted in the address list section or a group name that is highlighted in the address list section;
an addition recipient button for placing an addition operation symbol (+) in the destination section in response to the addition recipient button being clicked by the user, said addition operation symbol configured to cause an individual name or a group name appearing immediately to the right of the addition operation symbol to be added to individual or group names appearing to the left of the addition operation symbol; and
a subtraction recipient button for placing a subtraction operation symbol (−
) in the destination section in response to the subtraction recipient button being clicked by the user, said subtraction operation symbol configured to cause an individual name or a game name appearing immediately to the right of the subtraction operation symbol to be removed from individual or group names appearing to the left of the subtraction operation symbol.
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Abstract
An addition symbol to add two destinations selected from a list of destinations including a group name representing mail addresses of multiple members, and a subtraction symbol to subtract a mail address of an arbitrary member from a group destination are predefined in electronic mail software, so that when an electronic mail message is transmitted to multiple destinations from a communication terminal, the addition symbol or the subtraction symbol is placed between one destination and the other destination in a destination field in a window for composing an electronic mail message to add a destination address to or delete a personal address of a group member from a group name.
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12 Claims
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1. A recipient selection window being displayed on a display device of a sender communication terminal, said display device coupled to an input device via a processor, said input device configured to accept input from a user for determining recipients of an electronic mail (e-mail) message, said recipient selection window concurrently comprising:
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an address list section displaying an electronic mail address book that includes at least one individual name of an individual and at least one group name of a mailing group; a first destination section for specifying recipients of the e-mail message; a first destination button for placing a selected name in the destination section in response to the destination button being clicked by the user, said selected name identifying a recipient of the e-mail message and being an individual name that is highlighted in the address list section or a group name that is highlighted in the address list section; an addition recipient button for placing an addition operation symbol (+) in the destination section in response to the addition recipient button being clicked by the user, said addition operation symbol configured to cause an individual name or a group name appearing immediately to the right of the addition operation symbol to be added to individual or group names appearing to the left of the addition operation symbol; and a subtraction recipient button for placing a subtraction operation symbol (−
) in the destination section in response to the subtraction recipient button being clicked by the user, said subtraction operation symbol configured to cause an individual name or a game name appearing immediately to the right of the subtraction operation symbol to be removed from individual or group names appearing to the left of the subtraction operation symbol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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