Device for reading electronic mails
OwnerYoshio Sugimotoinventor
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Abstract
A device creates a list of electronic mails of which a state is “unread” when a viewer window for displaying a body of the received mail is displayed. When a user inputs a search indication by using a “previous unread mail” or “next unread mail” button displayed in the viewer window, the unread mail corresponding to the indication is specified, and the body of the specified unread mail is displayed in the viewer window.
Claims21
A device for reading electronic mails, comprising:
- a storing unit storing unread/already information corresponding to each of received electronic mails;
- a managing unit managing an electronic mail setting the state of “unread” at a predetermined timing;
- and
- a controller controlling a management of reading of the electronic mail setting the state of “unread” managed by said managing unit.
A storage medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program executable by the computer to perform method for causing the computer to function as device for reading electronic mails, the method comprising:
- storing unread/already information corresponding to each of received electronic mails;
- managing an electronic mail setting the state of “unread” at a predetermined timing;
- and
- controlling a management of reading of the electronic mail setting the state of “unread” managed by said second step.
A method for controlling reading electronic mails, comprising:
- storing unread/already information corresponding to each of received electronic mails;
- managing an electronic mail setting the state of “unread” at a predetermined timing;
- and
- controlling a management of reading of the electronic mail setting the state of “unread” managed by said second step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.