System and method of automatically determining whether or not to include message text of an original electronic message in a reply electronic message

• US 8,843,564 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2005
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Willey, William Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Rupal
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCKENZIE, MARCUS A
• Application Number:
  US11/128,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20060259554A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,420 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-207
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/37 E-mail addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45

Abstract

A system and method for automatically determining whether or not original message text should be included in a reply electronic message is provided. In one broad aspect, the original message text is included in the reply electronic message as a function of the original message. In a first example, the original message text is included as a function of a domain name of an originating address. In a second example, the original message text is included as a function of maintained information used for determining if original message text should be included in reply electronic messages. In a third example, the original message text is included as a function of an indicative encoding inside the original electronic message. In a fourth example, the original message text is included as a function of maintained information used for detecting address aliases. In another broad aspect, the original electronic message is encoded with an indicative encoding as to whether or not a reply electronic message should include the original message text.

Claims

1. A method for execution in an electronic message-enabled device, the method comprising:

receiving an original electronic message sent from a sender, the original electronic message comprising original message text;

automatically determining if a reply electronic message is to contain at least the original message text based on whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received;

if the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received, omitting the original message text from the reply electronic message;

if the sender is not charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received, including the original message text in the reply electronic message; and

sending the reply electronic message.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the original electronic message comprises an originating address of the sender, the originating address comprising a domain name; and

automatically determining if the reply electronic message is to contain at least the original message text is based on at least the domain name.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

performing a domain name check to determine if users of the domain name are charged according to size of electronic messages received.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein performing the domain name check comprises performing a comparison of the domain name with an identification of domains of service providers that charge users according to size of electronic messages received.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

maintaining information useful for automatically determining if the reply electronic message is to contain at least the original message text;

wherein automatically determining if the reply electronic message is to contain at least the original message text is further based on the maintained information.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein:

the original electronic message further comprises an indicative encoding of whether users of the domain name are charged according to size of electronic messages received; and

automatically determining if the reply electronic message is to contain the original message text is based on at least the indicative encoding.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

accepting user input;

wherein automatically determining if the reply electronic message is to contain the original message text is further based on the user input.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

maintaining information useful for automatically determining if the reply electronic message is to contain at least the original message text; and

upon a user override, updating the maintained information according to the user override.

16. The method of claim 5 wherein the maintained information comprises an identification of message addresses to which original message text is not included in reply electronic messages.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein maintaining information comprises:

in response to user input, adding an identification of a message address to which original message text is not included in reply electronic messages; and

in response to user input, editing an existing identification of message address to which original message text is not included in reply electronic messages.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein:

the original electronic message further comprises a “

reply-to”

address and a “

from”

address; and

if anyone of the “

reply-to”

address and the “

from”

address is identified as being a message addresses to which original message text is not included in reply electronic messages, then the original message text is not included in the reply electronic message.

19. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

an override mechanism allowing a user to override the automatic determination of including at least the original message text in the reply electronic message.

9. An electronic message-enabled device comprising:

a processor; and

a message reply function configured to implement a method comprising;

receiving an original electronic message sent from a sender, the original electronic message comprising original message text;

automatically determining if a reply electronic message is to contain at least the original message text based on whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received;

if the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received, omitting the original message text from the reply electronic message;

if the sender is not charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received, including the original message text in the reply electronic message; and

sending the reply electronic message.

10. The electronic message-enabled device of claim 9, wherein the electronic message-enabled device is an email-enabled wireless device comprising a wireless access radio.

20. The electronic message-enabled device of claim 9, wherein:

the original electronic message comprises an originating address of the sender, the originating address comprising a domain name; and

the message reply function is configured for automatically determining if the reply electronic message is to contain at least the original message text is based on at least the domain name.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for execution on a processor of an electronic message-enabled device or an email-enabled wireless device so as to implement a method comprising:

receiving an original electronic message sent from a sender, the original electronic message comprising original message text;

automatically determining if a reply electronic message is to contain at least the original message text based on whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received;

if the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received, omitting the original message text from the reply electronic message; and

if the sender is not charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received, including the original message text in the reply electronic message; and

sending the reply electronic message.

12. A method for execution in an electronic message infrastructure, the method comprising:

receiving an original electronic message sent from a sender, the original electronic message comprising original message text;

determining whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received;

encoding into the original electronic message an indicative encoding of whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received; and

sending the original electronic message;

wherein the encoding into the original electronic message is executed by the electronic message infrastructure, which is separate from the sender.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the original electronic message further comprises an originating address of the sender, the originating address comprising a domain name, the method further comprising:

performing a domain name check to determine if users of the domain name are charged according to size of electronic messages received.

14. An electronic message infrastructure configured to implement a method comprising:

receiving an original electronic message sent from a sender, the original electronic message comprising original message text;

determining whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received;

encoding into the original electronic message an indicative encoding of whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received; and

sending the original electronic message;

wherein the encoding into the original electronic message is executed by the electronic message infrastructure, which is separate from the sender.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for execution on an electronic message infrastructure so as to implement a method comprising:

receiving an original electronic message sent from a sender, the original electronic message comprising original message text;

determining whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received;

encoding into the original electronic message an indicative encoding of whether the sender is charged a fee according to size of electronic messages received; and

sending the original electronic message;

wherein the encoding into the original electronic message is executed by the electronic message infrastructure, which is separate from the sender.