System and method for replying to related messages
First Claim
1. A method for replying to messages comprising:
- in response to a user selecting a message from a list of messages and subsequently selecting one of a plurality of reply options;
determining a name of sender of the selected message;
determining a name of at least one recipient of the selected message;
determining one or more messages that are related to the selected message;
determining a name of at least one second recipient of the one or more related messages, said second recipient being different from both said sender and said at least one recipient; and
automatically populating a reply message with the name of the sender, the name of the at least one recipient, and the name of the at least one second recipient.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided which utilizes a threading service to offer enhanced features for a document management system including an email system. Various enhanced email features may be provided through one or more of the following components: a delete module, a reply module, a profile module, and a search module. The delete module enables a user to delete a selected message, a set of related messages, or the whole set except for the selected message. The reply module enables a user to send a reply message to all addresses associated and involved with an entire set of related messages. The profile module enables a dynamic interest profile to contain all relevant information from an outgoing message and a set of messages related to the outgoing message. The search module enables search results to include documents which match the user'"'"'s query as well as documents related to the documents which match the user'"'"'s query.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for replying to messages comprising:
in response to a user selecting a message from a list of messages and subsequently selecting one of a plurality of reply options;
determining a name of sender of the selected message;
determining a name of at least one recipient of the selected message;
determining one or more messages that are related to the selected message;
determining a name of at least one second recipient of the one or more related messages, said second recipient being different from both said sender and said at least one recipient; and
automatically populating a reply message with the name of the sender, the name of the at least one recipient, and the name of the at least one second recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A graphical user interface comprising:
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a list of messages including at least one message selectable by a user;
a reply command that, upon selection by the user, generates a reply message to a sender of the selected message and a recipient of a message related to the selected message, wherein the recipient is neither a recipient of the selected message nor the sender of the selected message. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A system for replying to messages comprising:
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a graphical user interface that presents a list of messages and one or more reply options to a user, wherein the user selects a message and selects one of the one or more reply options through the graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface includes one or more views; and
a reply module, responsive to the selected reply option, that automatically populates one or more address fields of a reply message with a message address of a sender of the selected message and a message address of a recipient of a message related to the selected message, wherein the recipient of the related message is not a recipient of the selected message. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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