User interface enhancements and associated processes in email communication
AssigneeZoho Corporation Private Limited
InventorSudheer A Grandhi
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for enhancements in email communication. In some embodiments, address-context information of an email message is rendered to aid the user in various user interface scenarios. These scenarios include user interfaces for a Reply All command and a Send command. The activation of the Reply All command in some embodiments is enabled with a predefined gesture on the user interface that is different from a gesture or gestures used for other commands such as the Reply command. The gesture required for the activation of the Send command can be changed based on the command that was activated to create the email message to be sent.
Claims18
A method for email communication, executed at least in part in a computer system, the method comprising:
- receiving an incoming email message to a user, having at least one address list identifying message recipients, including the user and all other message recipients;
- deriving address-context information from the at least one address list;
- rendering the incoming email message;
- rendering a Reply icon associated with the incoming email message, the Reply icon extending over a Reply-icon area and responsive to a Reply-icon activation gesture having Reply-icon-activation-gesture characteristics separate from the Reply-icon area;
- rendering a Reply All icon associated with the incoming email message, the Reply All icon extending over a Reply-All-icon area and responsive to a Reply-All-icon activation gesture having Reply-All-icon-activation-gesture characteristics separate from the Reply-All-icon area and different from the Reply-icon-activation-gesture characteristics;
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- providing at least a part of the address-context information from the at least one address list as part of the Reply All icon and within the Reply-All-icon area.
A method for email communication, executed at least in part in a computer system, the method comprising:
- receiving an incoming email message identifying a sender and message recipients;
- rendering the incoming email message;
- rendering a Reply icon associated with the incoming email message, the Reply icon extending over a Reply-icon area and indicating a single-action gesture characteristic separate from the Reply-icon area for activating the Reply icon;
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- rendering a Reply All icon associated with the incoming email message, the Reply All icon extending over a Reply-All-icon area and indicating a double-action gesture characteristic separate from the Reply-All-icon area for activating the Reply All icon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.