Systems, methods, and mediums configured to create a conversational email message
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1. A method, comprising:
- providing an outgoing email message from a sender to a plurality of recipients using a computing device executing an email application program;
creating a chronological listing of incoming email messages by chronologically ordering any incoming email messages related to the outgoing email message received by the computing device from any of the plurality of recipients or from the sender in response to a conversational message indicator;
combining the outgoing email message and the chronological list into a conversational email message comprising the outgoing email message and a complete set of incoming email messages in chronological order; and
displaying a graphical representation of the conversational message indicator and a graphical representation of the at least one of the incoming email messages;
wherein the conversational message indicator is associated with at least one of the incoming email messages; and
wherein selection of the conversational message indicator converts the conversational email message into a conventional email message.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and mediums configured to create a conversational email message. A computing device is configured to transmit an outgoing message from a sender to a plurality of recipients and create a conversational message by combining the outgoing message with a chronological listing of reply messages received from any of the plurality of recipients or the sender in response to a conversational email indicator. A memory device is configured to store the outgoing message or any of the reply messages.
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing an outgoing email message from a sender to a plurality of recipients using a computing device executing an email application program; creating a chronological listing of incoming email messages by chronologically ordering any incoming email messages related to the outgoing email message received by the computing device from any of the plurality of recipients or from the sender in response to a conversational message indicator; combining the outgoing email message and the chronological list into a conversational email message comprising the outgoing email message and a complete set of incoming email messages in chronological order; and displaying a graphical representation of the conversational message indicator and a graphical representation of the at least one of the incoming email messages; wherein the conversational message indicator is associated with at least one of the incoming email messages; and wherein selection of the conversational message indicator converts the conversational email message into a conventional email message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus, comprising:
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a computing device configured to; transmit an outgoing email message from a sender to a plurality of recipients; create a conversational email message by combining the outgoing email message with a chronological listing of a complete set of reply email messages received from any of the plurality of recipients or the sender in response to a conversational email indicator; associate the conversational message indicator with at least one of the reply email messages; and enable a graphical representation of the conversational message indicator; wherein selection of the conversational message indicator converts the conversational email message into a conventional email message; and a memory device configured to store the outgoing email message or any of the reply email messages. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory device configured to store instructions defining an email messaging application; and a processing device configured to execute instructions stored in the memory device to; provide an outgoing email message from a sender to a plurality of recipients; create a chronological list by chronologically ordering any incoming email messages received by a computing device from any of the plurality of recipients or from the sender in response to the outgoing email message or any of the incoming email messages comprising a conversational message indicator; combine the outgoing email message and the chronological list into a conversational email message comprising both the outgoing email message and a complete set of incoming email messages in chronological order; associate the conversational message indicator with at least one of the incoming email messages; and enable displaying a graphical representation of the conversational email message indicator and a graphical representation of the at least one of the incoming email messages; wherein the incoming email messages are associated with the outgoing email message; and wherein selection of the conversational message indicator converts the conversational email message into a conventional email message. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions stored thereon that configure a processing device to perform operations comprising:
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providing an outgoing email message from a sender to a plurality of recipients; creating a chronological list by chronologically ordering incoming email messages from any of the plurality of recipients or from the sender in response to the outgoing email message or any of the incoming email messages comprising a conversational message indicator, wherein the incoming email messages are associated with the outgoing email message; combining the outgoing email message and the chronological list into a conversational email message comprising the outgoing email message and a complete set of the incoming email messages in chronological order; associating the conversational message indicator with at least one of the incoming email messages; and causing display of a graphical representation of the conversational message indicator and a graphical representation of the at least one of the incoming email messages; wherein selection of the conversational message indicator converts the conversational email message into a conventional email message in which each email message thread received subsequent to the selection are displayed independently. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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