Method and system for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail

A method for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail, the method comprising:

• receiving via a network an email including basic information associated with at least one string included in a body of the email, and additional information related to the basic information associated with each of the at least one string from a server;
• detecting a user-initiated selection of a string included in the body of the received email;
• and
• in response to receiving the user-initiated selection, displaying the additional information related to the basic information associated with the selected string.

A system for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail, the system comprising:

• at least one memory having program instructions and databases;
• means for receiving emails for a user;
• means for analyzing content of such a received email and identifying an information type of one or more strings in the content based, at least in part, upon predetermined information patterns;
• means for searching additional information related to basic information associated with a string in accordance with the identified information type, the basic information being at least a portion of the content of the received email;
• and
• means for displaying the additional information in response to receiving a user-initiated selection.

A system for providing additional information related to content of an e-mail, the system comprising:

• a pattern-recognition module for analyzing content of an email and identifying an information type of one or more strings in the content based, at least in part, upon predetermined information patterns;
• an information-search module for searching additional information related to basic information associated with a string in accordance with the identified information type, the basic information being at least a portion of the content of the received email;
• and
• a server-control module for providing the additional information.