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Method and system for selective notification of E-mail messages

  • US 6,400,810 B1
  • Filed: 07/20/1999
  • Issued: 06/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communication system, comprising:

  • an e-mail system capable of presenting a user interface window displaying summary information regarding a received e-mail message or content of the received e-mail message;

    a notification include button, included in the user interface window, for allowing a user to set a priority flag while viewing the summary information or the content of the received e-mail message, wherein activation of the notification include button sets the priority flag to permit notification of one or more future incoming e-mail messages associated with the received e-mail message;

    a notification exclude button, included in the user interface window, for allowing the user to set the priority flag while viewing the summary information or the content of the received c-mail message, wherein activation of the notification exclude button sets the priority flag to block notification of the future incoming e-mail messages associated with the received e-mail message;

    a filter list for storing the priority flag as set by the user; and

    a notification system, in communication with the e-mail system, for selectively notifying the user of the future incoming e-mail messages as a function of the priority flag stored in the filter list.

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