System and method for e-mail message action requests
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving an e-mail message comprising an explicit action request, wherein the explicit action request is one of a plurality of predetermined explicit action requests, and each of the plurality of predetermined explicit action requests indicates an explicit action to be performed by a recipient of the e-mail message in response to the recipient'"'"'s receiving the e-mail message; and
in response to said receiving said e-mail message, incrementing one counter of a plurality of action request counters, wherein the one counter indicates the number of e-mail messages addressed to a particular recipient which;
comprise the explicit action request, andfor which the explicit action request has not yet been performed by the particular recipient; and
wherein each respective one of the plurality of action request counters indicates the number of e-mail messages addressed to a particular recipient which;
comprise a respective predetermined explicit action request of said plurality of predetermined explicit action requests, andfor which the respective predetermined explicit action request has not yet been performed by the particular recipient.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer accessible medium for e-mail message action requests is disclosed. E-mail clients and servers may associate action requests with outgoing or incoming e-mail messages. Action requests may inform e-mail recipients that the e-mail message requires a particular action. E-mail clients and servers may maintain and/or display counts of the number e-mail messages associated with various action requests. E-mail clients may also display these counts to the user. E-mail clients and servers may change a requested action after receiving an e-mail message associated with an action request. Additionally, e-mail clients may announce the arrival of e-mail messages with attached requested actions to the user and may provide various user notifications indicating the specific requested action.
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63 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving an e-mail message comprising an explicit action request, wherein the explicit action request is one of a plurality of predetermined explicit action requests, and each of the plurality of predetermined explicit action requests indicates an explicit action to be performed by a recipient of the e-mail message in response to the recipient'"'"'s receiving the e-mail message; and in response to said receiving said e-mail message, incrementing one counter of a plurality of action request counters, wherein the one counter indicates the number of e-mail messages addressed to a particular recipient which; comprise the explicit action request, and for which the explicit action request has not yet been performed by the particular recipient; and wherein each respective one of the plurality of action request counters indicates the number of e-mail messages addressed to a particular recipient which; comprise a respective predetermined explicit action request of said plurality of predetermined explicit action requests, and for which the respective predetermined explicit action request has not yet been performed by the particular recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement:
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receiving an e-mail message comprising an explicit action request, wherein the explicit action request is one of a plurality of predetermined explicit action requests, and each of the plurality of predetermined explicit action requests indicates an explicit action to be performed by a recipient of the e-mail message in response to the recipient'"'"'s receiving the e-mail message; and in response to said receiving said e-mail message, incrementing one counter of a plurality of action request counters, wherein the one counter indicates the number of e-mail messages addressed to a particular recipient which; comprise the explicit action request, and for which the explicit action request has not yet been performed by the particular recipient; and wherein each respective one of the plurality of action request counters indicates the number of e-mail messages addressed to a particular recipient which; comprise a respective predetermined explicit action request of said plurality of predetermined explicit action requests, and for which the respective predetermined explicit action request has not yet been performed by the particular recipient. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A device, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to said processor comprising program instructions configured to implement; receiving an e-mail message comprising an explicit action request, wherein the explicit action request is one of a plurality of predetermined explicit action requests, and each of the plurality of predetermined explicit action requests indicates an explicit action to be performed by a recipient of the e-mail message in response to the recipient'"'"'s receiving the e-mail message; and in response to said receiving said e-mail message, incrementing one counter of a plurality of action request counters, wherein the one counter indicates the number of e-mail messages addressed to a particular recipient which; comprise the explicit action request, and for which the explicit action request has not yet been performed by the particular recipient; and wherein each respective one of the plurality of action request counters indicates the number of e-mail messages addressed to a particular recipient which; comprise a respective predetermined explicit action request of said plurality of predetermined explicit action requests and for which the respective predetermined explicit action request has not yet been performed by the particular recipient. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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