Method and system for selective notification of E-mail messages
First Claim
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.
9 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A messaging system (10) for notifying subscribers of incoming e-mail messages includes an e-mail system (12) communicating with a notification system (14). The e-mail system (12) includes a user interface (22) that permits subscribers to populate filter lists (16) with e-mail message attributes, such as sender e-mail addresses. The filter list (16) is provided to the notification system (14), which selectively notifies subscribers of incoming e-mail messages based on the contents of their respective filter lists. The notification system (14) can alert subscribers to incoming e-mail messages by pager, facsimile, voice mail, synthetic speech via cellular or conventional telephones, or the like.
254 Citations
2 Claims
-
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. - View Dependent Claims (2)
a notify mode button, included in the user interface window, for permitting the user to select an include mode of operation or an exclude mode of operation.
-
Specification