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Method, system, and computer program product for displaying message genealogy

  • US 7,761,519 B2
  • Filed: 08/11/2004
  • Issued: 07/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for displaying a message genealogy of electronic mail (email), comprising:

  • sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

    sending a normalized code in a header of the email corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient, wherein the normalized code is sent with the email as a separate entity;

    receiving the normalized code and the email at the recipient;

    examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email;

    if the normalized code is found in the email header, removing the normalized code from the subject of the email;

    decoding the normalized code at the recipient to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

    displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.

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