User interfaces and associated processes in email communication
First Claim
1. A method for email communication, executed at least in part in a computer system, the method comprising:
- receiving an incoming email message in a user'"'"'s email system, from a sender, having at least one address list identifying message recipients, including the user and all other message recipients;
deriving address-context information from the at least one address list, the address context information including an abbreviated description of the at least one address list;
rendering the incoming email message;
rendering a Reply All icon associated with the incoming email message, the Reply All icon extending over a Reply-All-icon area;
providing the abbreviated description of the at least one address list as part of the Reply All icon and within the Reply-All-icon area;
detecting input from the user over the Reply-All-icon area of the Reply All icon, the user input over the Reply-All-icon area activating the Reply All icon; and
responsive to the user input over the Reply-All-icon area of the Reply All icon activating the Reply All icon, creating an outgoing email message to the sender and the all other message recipients of the at least one address list.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for user interfaces and associated processes in email communication. In some embodiments, information such as address-context information of an email message is rendered to aid the user in various user interface scenarios. These scenarios include user interfaces for the Reply All command and the Send command. A Prompt is provided on the user interface in some embodiments for the usage of commands such as the Reply All command and Send command. The activation of the Reply All command in some embodiments is enabled with a predefined gesture on the user interface that is different from that used for other commands such as the Reply command. In other embodiments the gesture required for the activation of the Send command is changed based on the command that was activated to create the email message to be sent.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for email communication, executed at least in part in a computer system, the method comprising:
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receiving an incoming email message in a user'"'"'s email system, from a sender, having at least one address list identifying message recipients, including the user and all other message recipients; deriving address-context information from the at least one address list, the address context information including an abbreviated description of the at least one address list; rendering the incoming email message; rendering a Reply All icon associated with the incoming email message, the Reply All icon extending over a Reply-All-icon area; providing the abbreviated description of the at least one address list as part of the Reply All icon and within the Reply-All-icon area; detecting input from the user over the Reply-All-icon area of the Reply All icon, the user input over the Reply-All-icon area activating the Reply All icon; and responsive to the user input over the Reply-All-icon area of the Reply All icon activating the Reply All icon, creating an outgoing email message to the sender and the all other message recipients of the at least one address list. - 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)
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24. A computer system comprising:
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one or more processors; memory accessible to the one or more processors; and one or more programs stored in the memory which when executed by the one or more processors causes the computer system to perform a method for email communication comprising; receiving an incoming email message in a user'"'"'s email system, from a sender, having at least one address list identifying message recipients, including the user and all other message recipients; deriving address-context information from the at least one address list, the address-context information including an abbreviated description of the at least one address list; rendering the incoming email message; rendering a Reply All icon associated with the incoming email message, the rendered Reply All icon extending over a Reply-All-icon area encompassing the abbreviated description of the at least one address list; detecting input from the user over the Reply-All-icon area encompassing the abbreviated description of the at least one address list in the rendering of the Reply All icon, the user input over the Reply-All-icon area activating the Reply All icon; and responsive to the user input activating the Reply All icon, the user input over the Reply-All-icon area encompassing the abbreviated description of the at least one address list in the rendering of the Reply All icon, creating an outgoing email message to the sender and the all other message recipients of the at least one address list.
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25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
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receiving an incoming email message in a user'"'"'s email system, from a sender, having at least one address list identifying message recipients, including the user and all other message recipients; rendering the incoming email message; rendering a Reply All icon associated with the incoming email message, the rendered Reply All icon extending over a Reply-All-icon area encompassing an abbreviated description of the at least one address list; detecting input from the user over the Reply-All-icon area of the Reply All icon, the user input over the Reply-All-icon area activating the Reply All icon; and responsive to the user input over the Reply-All-icon area of the Reply All icon activating the Reply All icon, creating an outgoing email message to the sender and the all other message recipients of the at least one address list. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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