ELECTRONIC MAIL FORWARDING SERVICE
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of providing email message forwarding functionality, the method comprising:
- receiving and storing a first email message addressed to a first email address of a user, said first email message including a body section containing message content; and
in response to receiving the first email message, automatically generating, and sending to a second email address pre-specified by said user, a second email message that contains a textual summary of the first email message, said second email message lacking at least a portion of said message content of the first email message;
wherein the second email message includes a link that is selectable by the user to access a web page that displays the first email message, said link encoded with information that identifies the first email message.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed that enable an email service provider to implement an email forwarding service without losing associated page views. In one embodiment, rather than forwarding the entire email message, the email forwarding service generates a summary email message, and sends this summary email message to the forwarding email address pre-specified by the subscriber. This summary email message includes a link that is selectable by the user to view the original email message on a web site of the email service provider. Thus, even if the forwarding email address is hosted externally, the subscriber still views the full email message on a web site of the provider of the email forwarding service.
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing email message forwarding functionality, the method comprising:
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receiving and storing a first email message addressed to a first email address of a user, said first email message including a body section containing message content; and in response to receiving the first email message, automatically generating, and sending to a second email address pre-specified by said user, a second email message that contains a textual summary of the first email message, said second email message lacking at least a portion of said message content of the first email message; wherein the second email message includes a link that is selectable by the user to access a web page that displays the first email message, said link encoded with information that identifies the first email message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method of providing email message forwarding functionality, the method comprising:
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receiving and storing an original email message addressed to an original email address of a user, said original email message including a body section containing message content; generating a forwarding email document comprising a summary of the original email message and a unique link for accessing the original email message, said forwarding email document lacking at least a portion of said message content of the original email message; and sending the forwarding email document to a forwarding email address of a user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for providing email message forwarding functionality, the system comprising:
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a web server that provides user access to a web-based email application, said web-based email application providing functionality for users to enable an email forwarding service; and an email forwarding system that implements the email forwarding service, said email forwarding system being responsive to receipt of a first email message addressed to a first email address of a user by generating a second email message, and sending the second email message to a second email address pre-specified by the user, said second email message including a summary of the first email message, and including a link that is selectable by the user to access the first email message via said web server. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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