US 2006/0136420 A1 · System and method for providing improved access to a search tool in electronic mail-enabled applications

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for providing users of web-accessible E-mail services with improved access to their E-mail messages and other information. In one embodiment, access to a search tool is provided to users of a web-accessible electronic mail service by software which integrates with a mail-enabled application running on a user's client machine. The software displays a field within a user interface of the mail-enabled application for receiving user input of a search term. The search term is used to build a URL that is communicated to a web-accessible E-mail service. A browser is launched to display at least one page resulting from the communication of the URL.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method of providing access to a search tool to a user of a web-accessible electronic mail service, comprising:

providing software which integrates with a mail-enabled application running on a user's client machine, said software operating to:
display a field within a user interface of said mail-enabled application for receiving user input of a search term;
use said search term to build a URL;
communicate said URL to a web-accessible E-mail service;
and,
launch a browser to display at least one page resulting from said communication of said URL.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/256,000Filed 24 Oct 2005

Priority

20 Dec 2004

Published

22 Jun 2006

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

G06Q 10/107
Office automation; Time management: computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
G06F 16/9574
Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation: of access to content, e.g. by caching
H04L 51/00
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols
H04L 51/212
Monitoring or handling of messages: using filtering or selective blocking

Family

Application60/637,978Us provisional application · filed 20 Dec 2004

Application11/223,138Division · filed 12 Sep 2005

Application11/256,000Division · filed 24 Oct 2005

US 2006/0168056 A1Published application

US 7,836,064 B2Related patent

US 2006/0136420 A1This patent

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System and method for providing improved access to a search tool in electronic mail-enabled applications

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System and method for providing improved access to a search tool in electronic mail-enabled applications

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Abstract

Claims18