METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATING EMAIL RECIPIENT FIELDS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20090112994A1
• Filed: 10/24/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Vander Veen, Raymond Paul
• Granted Patent: US 8,307,039 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

An electronic device and a method implemented within the electronic device for disambiguating email recipient fields by extracting sufficient information from the domain portion of an intended recipient'"'"'s email address to disambiguate between a personal and a business email address. An exemplary method includes parsing at least one of said multiple addresses in a recipient field of the email to extract information capable of distinguishing the at least one of said multiple addresses from at least another of the multiple addresses, and displaying the information in the recipient field of the email.

Claims

1. A method of disambiguating multiple addresses of an intended email recipient, comprising:

parsing at least one of said multiple addresses in a recipient field of said email to extract information capable of distinguishing said at least one of said multiple addresses from at least another of said multiple addresses; and

displaying said information in the recipient field of said email.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying a name of said intended recipient adjacent said information.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising prompting selection of said at least one of said multiple addresses prior to said parsing and responsive to entry of said name for said intended recipient in the recipient field of said email.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said parsing further includes extracting information from the domain name of said at least one of said multiple addresses.

5. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said information comprises a lowest-level label of said domain name.

6. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said information comprises a lowest-level label of said domain name differing from the lowest-level label of the domain name of said at least another one of said multiple addresses.

7. A portable electronic device comprising a memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a processor to carry out the method of claim 1.

8. A portable electronic device comprising a memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a processor to carry out the method of claim 2.

9. A portable electronic device comprising a memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a processor to carry out the method of claim 3.

10. A portable electronic device comprising a memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a processor to carry out the method of claim 4.

11. A portable electronic device comprising a memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a processor to carry out the method of claim 5.

12. A portable electronic device comprising a memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a processor to carry out the method of claim 6.

13. A portable electronic device comprising a memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a processor to carry out the method of claim 7.