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US 10,241,634 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for processing email in electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyuho Jo
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus are provided for processing an email in an electronic device The method includes displaying an email screen; displaying at least one recipient i in a recipient area of the email screen based on the input order of the at lease one recipient; detecting a gesture in the recipient area; and setting and displaying a recipient type of the at least one recipient, based on the detected gesture.
Claims17
A method for processing an email in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying an email screen;
- displaying a recipient in a recipient area of the email screen, based on an input order of the recipient;
- detecting a gesture in the displayed recipient;
- determining a recipient type of the recipient in response to the gesture without moving the recipient;
- displaying the determined recipient type at a location adjacent to the recipient,
- wherein the recipient type of the recipient is determined in a predetermined recipient type order based on a moving direction of the gesture;
- and
- wherein displaying the determined recipient type further comprises:
- changing the recipient type of the recipient, based on a number of drags in the detected gesture,
- wherein changing the recipient type of the recipient comprises:
- changing the recipient type of the recipient in an order of BCC type, CC type, TO type, based on the number of drags in the gesture in a first direction, and
- changing the recipient type of the recipient in the order of CC type, BCC type, TO type, based on the number of drags in the gesture in a second direction.
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An apparatus for processing an email in an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to display an email screen;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- display a recipient in a recipient area of the email screen, based on an input order of the recipient;
- detect a gesture in the displayed recipient, to determine a recipient type of the recipient in response to the gesture without moving the recipient;
- display the determined recipient type at a location adjacent to the recipient;
- determine the recipient type of the recipient is determined in a predetermined recipient type order based on a moving direction of the gesture;
- and
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- change the recipient type of the recipient, based on a number of drags in the detected gesture;
- change the recipient type of the recipient in an order of BCC type, CC type, TO type, based on the number of drags in the gesture in a first direction;
- and
- change the recipient type of the recipient in an order of CC type, BCC type, TO type, based on the number of drags in the gesture in a second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.