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Method of processing an E-mail message that includes a representation of an envelope
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Inventors: Venkatraman, Rajamadam C.; Chern, Vincent Min-Hao; Nanja, Sekaran; Gujarathi, Haresh;
Assignee: PostX Corporation (Cupertino, CA)
Primary Examiner: Winder; Patrice
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
The present invention is directed towards a method of processing an e-mail message that includes a representation of an envelope. The electronic envelope includes a time stamp, sender identity identification and/or other objects that are displayed on a computer screen of the user. Upon initiation of a user action when a cursor is positioned at a screen location corresponding to the time stamp or sender identity identification, this action causes the computer to connect to a location associated with the time stamp or the sender identity identification. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an E-mail message enhancement apparatus that allows for privacy and verification of message receipt.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an E-mail message enhancement apparatus that can be reliably transmitted from one E-mail platform to another E-mail platform.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an E-mail message enhancement apparatus that allows for the transmission, reception and layout of interesting different types of content.
The above objects of the present invention, among others, are provided by the present invention through the E-mail message enhancement apparatus which is preferably implemented through a sequence of program instructions and achieved as attachments to e-mail message.
On the sender side, creation software implements a data format that allows for differing types of digital content.
Furthermore, in addition to such content in the E-mail message, there is included attachments, header information, including the E-mail address of the sender, and recipient executable embedded software that ensures the recipient will be able to view contents and perform the functional attributes that make up the E-mail message.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the executable software that is transmitted as part of the E-mail message is written using Java programming language and contains a self-opening message feature, such that the container automatically opens and is initially viewed with all of the desired content appearing.
Thereafter, depending upon the content originally included by the sender, and the action taken on the part of the recipient, different portions of the content and functional attributes are highlighted.
Such content and functional attributes will be view able, regardless of the E-mail platform of the recipient, due to the inclusion of the executable software in the E-mail message itself that is transmitted.
Through the use of a data structure that allows for a plurality of component objects to be included in a single E-mail message, as well as a plurality of sub-component objects to be associated with each component object, an E-mail message having robust content and functional attributes can be achieved
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