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System and method for personalizing electronic mail messages
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Inventors: Lloyd, Michael; Shepley, Christopher; Stidman, Sean; Browne, H. Lee; Generous, Curtis; Lycas, John;
Assignee: Signature Mail. Com, LLC (Greenwich, CT)
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Greta
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Min, Hsieh & Hack, LLP
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide an e-mail customization system that incorporates personalized images, including handwritten signatures, into existing e-mail messages. Specifically, the e-mail customization system generates customized software that integrates with existing e-mail systems that provides the ability to select different hand-written signatures. Once a signature is selected, the signature may be included in all e-mail sent from the user. A recipient capable of displaying HTML e-mail messages, views the e-mail message with the signature. This signature provides a readily discernable visual queue indicating the sender of the e-mail message. In case the recipient's e-mail system does not recognize HTML formatted messages, a clean copy of the e-mail message and an alternate text version of the image is added to the top of the HTML message. In addition, methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention include handwritten signatures into web-based e-mail systems and electronic greeting cards. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide an e-mail customization system that incorporates personalized or customized images, including hand-written signatures, into existing e-mail messages, web-based e-mail messages or electronic greeting cards.
Specifically, the e-mail customization system, also known as Sign-it, generates customized software that integrates with existing e-mail systems and that provides the ability to select different handwritten signatures and manipulate various attributes of the signature.
Once a signature is selected, the signature is included in e-mail sent from the user.
A recipient e-mail system, such as one capable of displaying HTML e-mail messages, views the e-mail message with the signature.
This signature provides a readily discernable visual queue indicating the sender of the e-mail message.
In case the recipient's e-mail system does not recognize HTML formatted messages, a clean copy of the e-mail message and an alternate text version of the image is added to the HTML message.
In accordance with methods consistent with the present invention, a method is executed by a data processing system.
According to this method, the data processing system receives a form that includes an image into the data processing system, and generates customized software that includes the image.
In accordance with methods consistent with the present invention, a method is performed by a client computer for generating software.
This method transmits a form including an image from the client computer to a server computer and receives customized software that includes the image from the server.
In accordance with methods consistent with the present invention, a method is performed by a client computer for making images available for insertion into an electronic mail message.
This method transmits a form including an image to a server computer and receives customized software from the server that includes the image
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