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Mobile terminal and method for managing e-mail thereof

  • US 8,375,307 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2010
  • Issued: 02/12/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a mobile terminal managing a plurality of e-mail accounts, the method comprising:

  • displaying an e-mail menu screen that contains a list of a plurality of e-mail accounts previously registered to the mobile phone in response to an input for executing an email function;

    communicating with one or more e-mail servers related to the plurality of e-mail accounts to retrieve mail box information for each e-mail account;

    displaying a total number of any newly received or not-yet-read e-mails of each said e-mail account as icons appearing next to each said e-mail account;

    simultaneously displaying a list of e-mail messages listed for a first e-mail account and icons for replying to the list of e-mail messages individually when the first e-mail account is selected for processing among the plurality of e-mail accounts;

    generating a message writing screen of the first e-mail account for a return email to a particular e-mail message among the list of e-mail messages when an icon for replying to the particular e-mail message is selected from the icons for replying to the list of e-mail messages individually;

    setting a second e-mail account among the plurality of e-mail accounts for transmitting the return email when the second e-mail account is selected for processing among the plurality of e-mail accounts through an account changing interface displayed on the message writing screen; and

    transmitting the return email via the second e-mail account in response to an input thereof.

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