Mechanism for implementing reminders in an electronic messaging system
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1. A method, comprising:
- associating a first user-specified reminder with a first electronic message, the first user-specified reminder having a first reminder date associated therewith;
determining whether the first reminder date satisfies a first date filtering criterion; and
responsive to determining that the first reminder date satisfies the first date filtering criterion, causing a first user interface (UI) component to be displayed on an electronic display, wherein the first UI component comprises a count corresponding to a first amount of electronic messages having reminders associated therewith that have reminder dates that satisfy the first date filtering criterion, and wherein the first amount includes the first electronic message.
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Abstract
A mechanism is disclosed for generating a composite email for an email conversation. The composite email includes content automatically extracted from a plurality of the emails in the email conversation, and may be generated in response to a user accessing just one of the emails in the email conversation. A mechanism is also disclosed for discovering and recovering lost emails in an email conversation. A mechanism is further disclosed for automatically moving emails from one container to another after an email has been read. These and other advantageous email generating, manipulation, and organization mechanisms are disclosed herein.
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1. A method, comprising:
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associating a first user-specified reminder with a first electronic message, the first user-specified reminder having a first reminder date associated therewith; determining whether the first reminder date satisfies a first date filtering criterion; and responsive to determining that the first reminder date satisfies the first date filtering criterion, causing a first user interface (UI) component to be displayed on an electronic display, wherein the first UI component comprises a count corresponding to a first amount of electronic messages having reminders associated therewith that have reminder dates that satisfy the first date filtering criterion, and wherein the first amount includes the first electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
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associating a first user-specified reminder with a first electronic message, the first user-specified reminder having a first reminder date associated therewith; determining whether the first reminder date satisfies a first date filtering criterion; and responsive to determining that the first reminder date satisfies the first date filtering criterion, causing a first user interface (UI) component to be displayed on an electronic display, wherein the first UI component comprises a count corresponding to a first amount of electronic messages having reminders associated therewith that have reminder dates that satisfy the first date filtering criterion, and wherein the first amount includes the first electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for associating a user-specified reminder with an electronic message, the reminder having a reminder date associated therewith; means for determining whether the reminder date satisfies a date filtering criterion; and means for causing a user interface (UI) component to be displayed on an electronic display responsive to determining that the reminder date satisfies the date filtering criterion, wherein the UI component comprises a count corresponding to a first amount of electronic messages having reminders associated therewith that have reminder dates that satisfy the date filtering criterion, and wherein the first amount includes the electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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