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System and method for extracting and managing message addresses

  • US 8,122,095 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2010
  • Issued: 02/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating auto-completion of text in an address field of electronic mail addresses, the method comprising:

  • storing, within a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, a virtual address book comprising records for electronic mail addresses, the records comprising a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields including;

    i) an electronic mail address;

    ii) a name associated with the electronic mail address; and

    iii) information regarding prior interaction with the electronic mail address;

    receiving a request from a user, via a user interface, to establish a priority rule for ordering records, wherein establishing the priority rule includes receiving a selection from the user of at least one field corresponding to the information regarding prior interaction with the electronic mail address for which a higher priority is assigned to for ordering records;

    storing the user established priority rule;

    in response to a user starting to input text to populate an address field of an electronic mail message, identifying records in the virtual address book matching the user'"'"'s partially inputted text;

    ordering names from the identified records based on the user established priority rule and the information regarding prior interaction with the electronic mail addresses; and

    auto-completing the text being inputted by the user using data from the record identified to have the highest priority with the electronic mail addresses.

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