Fast mobile mail with context indicators
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating replying to email messages received on a mobile device, comprising:
- presenting on the mobile device a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content, wherein at least some of the fast reply tokens include at least one of;
action icons, status icons, emoticons, emojis, expressive elements, clip art, highlighters, geometric shapes, arrows, short tunes, audio clips, video clips, and freehand notes;
providing a mechanism to superimpose a selected subset of the fast reply tokens on to different portions of the received email message to compose a fast mobile message, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from any reply email text; and
sending the fast mobile message with a list of recipients to a cloud service.
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Abstract
Facilitating replying to received email messages includes presenting a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content, providing a mechanism to superimpose a selected subset of the fast reply tokens on to different portions of the received email message to compose an annotated email messages, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from any reply email text, and sending the annotated email message. The fast reply tokens may include action icons, status icons, emoticons, emojis, expressive elements, clip art, highlighters, geometric shapes, arrows, short tunes, audio clips, video clips, abbreviated standard texts, and freehand notes. Facilitating replying to received email messages may also include providing cultural adaptations and localization of fast reply tokens based on a setting provided by a recipient of the annotated email message.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating replying to email messages received on a mobile device, comprising:
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presenting on the mobile device a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content, wherein at least some of the fast reply tokens include at least one of;
action icons, status icons, emoticons, emojis, expressive elements, clip art, highlighters, geometric shapes, arrows, short tunes, audio clips, video clips, and freehand notes;providing a mechanism to superimpose a selected subset of the fast reply tokens on to different portions of the received email message to compose a fast mobile message, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from any reply email text; and sending the fast mobile message with a list of recipients to a cloud service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing software that facilitates replying to received email messages, the software comprising:
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executable code that presents a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content, wherein at least some of the fast reply tokens include at least one of;
action icons, status icons, emoticons, emojis, expressive elements, clip art, highlighters, geometric shapes, arrows, short tunes, audio clips, video clips, and freehand notes;executable code that superimposes a selected subset of the fast reply tokens on to different portions of the received email message to compose an annotated email, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from any reply email text; and executable code that sends the annotated email message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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