Geographical Email Presentation
First Claim
1. A computer-implementable method for mapping a plurality of received electronic mail (email) messages to a plurality of predetermined graphical representations of an email Inbox, comprising:
- associating predetermined sender and originating information with an email that is to be received by a recipient;
using the associated predetermined sender and originating information to depict an originating location of a received email message in a graphical display;
generating status information comprising received email messages; and
applying display attributes to predetermined email Inbox graphical representations, the display attributes indicating the status information of received email messages mapped to the predetermined email Inbox graphical representations.
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Abstract
An email content management method, system and program are provided for mapping a plurality of received electronic mail (email) messages to a plurality of predetermined graphical representations of an email Inbox. Predetermined sender and originating information is associated with an email. When the email is received by the recipient, the associated sender and originating information is used to map the email to a graphical Inbox depicting the email'"'"'s originating location. Once mapped, the corresponding email graphical Inbox is represented in a graphical display, such as the user interface of an email client. Graphical Inboxes can be represented as subsets of a geographical map or depict an organizational hierarchy chart. Status information related to the received email messages is generated and display attributes are applied to their corresponding email graphical Inboxes.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implementable method for mapping a plurality of received electronic mail (email) messages to a plurality of predetermined graphical representations of an email Inbox, comprising:
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associating predetermined sender and originating information with an email that is to be received by a recipient; using the associated predetermined sender and originating information to depict an originating location of a received email message in a graphical display; generating status information comprising received email messages; and applying display attributes to predetermined email Inbox graphical representations, the display attributes indicating the status information of received email messages mapped to the predetermined email Inbox graphical representations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor; a data bus coupled to the processor; and a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer-usable medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code for mapping a plurality of received electronic mail (email) messages to a plurality of predetermined graphical representations of an email Inbox and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for; associating predetermined sender and originating information with an email that is to be received by a recipient; using the associated predetermined sender and originating information to depict an originating location of a received email message in a graphical display; generating status information comprising received email messages; and applying display attributes to predetermined email Inbox graphical representations, the display attributes indicating the status information of received email messages mapped to the predetermined email Inbox graphical representations. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
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associating predetermined sender and originating information with an email that is to be received by a recipient; using the associated predetermined sender and originating information to depict an originating location of a received email message in a graphical display; generating status information comprising received email messages; and applying display attributes to predetermined email Inbox graphical representations, the display attributes indicating the status information of received email messages mapped to the predetermined email Inbox graphical representations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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