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System and method for providing recipient specific formats for electronic mail
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Inventors: Gilbert, Timothy G.;
Assignee: Gateway, Inc (Poway, CA)
Primary Examiner: Powell; Mark
Assistant Examiner: Thompson; Marc D.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Richardson; Scott Charles, Lacy; Rodney L. Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth
An electronic mail system and method which allows an originating user to customize text for a specific recipient in a multiple recipient electronic mail system. The system recognizes embedded processing codes based on a code specific to each recipient's message. Upon recognizing the embedded processing codes, the system and method generates separate, properly formatted electronic mail messages for each recipient. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A method of formatting text in an electronic mail message for a specific recipient in an electronic mail system, the method comprising the steps of: embedding processing codes within the electronic mail message, said processing codes specifying a format for a subset of text of the electronic mail message, said processing codes having an association with at least one electronic mail recipient of a plurality of electronic mail recipients; and generating individualized messages for at least one of the plurality of electronic mail recipients based upon the embedded processing codes associated with the electronic mail recipient.
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The method of claim 1 wherein the step of embedding processing codes comprises the steps of: determining text to be formatted in response to a user selecting the text in the electronic mail message; displaying a menu having a text option in response to user selection; displaying at least one text format option in response to the user selecting the text option on the menu; and embedding corresponding text format commands within the electronic mail message in response to the user selecting at least one text format option.
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The method of claim 2 wherein the user activating a pointing device causes the menu to be displayed.
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The method of claim 2 wherein the step of displaying at least one text format option comprises the step of displaying text attributes.
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The method of claim 4 wherein the text attributes displayed are selected from the group consisting of style, color, font and size.
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The method of claim 1 wherein the step of embedding processing codes further comprises the step of embedding an identifier code corresponding to at least one of the plurality of specific recipients' individualized message.
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The method of claim 1 wherein the step of generating individualized messages is performed external to a recipient's data processing system.
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The method of claim 1 wherein the step of generating individualized messages is performed by a recipient's data processing system
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