Electronic mail guide

• US 20020163538A1
• Filed: 05/07/2001
• Published: 11/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Shteyn, Yevgeniy Eugene
• Application Number:
  US09/851,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20020163538A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

Electronic email or voicemail messages are mapped onto personalized graphical representations for providing a concise GUI.

Claims

1. A system for mapping an electronic message onto a graphical representation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mapping is user-programmable.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation is personalizable.

4. The system of claim 1, comprising an email processing system.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising a telephone.

6. The system of claim 1, operating on an EPG.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the representation is user-interactive for providing user-access to the message.

8. A communication system using representing an electronic message in a GUI by means of a graphical representation of an information aspect of the message.

9. A method for enabling to represent an electronic message, the method comprising mapping the message onto at least one graphical representation.

10. The method of claim 9, enabling an end-user of the message to specify the mapping.

11. The method of claim 9, enabling an end-user to personalize the representation.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the electronic message comprises an email.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the message comprises a voice mail.

17. The application of claim 16, providing user control over the mapping.

14. A database with graphical representations for being associated with an electronic document by mapping the document onto at least one representation.

15. A representation of an electronic message resulting from a mapping of the message onto a graphical representation.

16. A software application for mapping an electronic message on a graphical representation.