Electronic device and email management method therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeongsik CHO, Kyunghwan KIM
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Abstract
An email management method for an electronic device is provided. The method may include: receiving an email message comprising a message body and a reply deadline; displaying a task logging UI element including a URL for recording the reply deadline as a task; and recording, when the task logging UI element is selected, the reply deadline for the email message as a task managed by a schedule management application.
Claims20
A method for email management in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving an email message comprising a message body and a reply deadline;
- displaying a task logging user interface (UI) element including a uniform resource locator (URL) for recording the reply deadline as a task;
- and
- recording, when the task logging UI element is selected, the reply deadline for the email message as a task managed by a schedule management application.
An electronic device comprising:
- a display configured to output visual information;
- a communication unit comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external electronic device;
- and
- a processor electrically connected with the display and communication unit,
- wherein the processor is configured to control the communication circuitry of the communication unit to receive an email message comprising a message body and a reply deadline from the external electronic device, to control the display to display a task logging UI element including a URL for recording the reply deadline as a task, and to record, when the task logging UI element is selected, the reply deadline for the email message as a task managed by a schedule management application.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a scheduling program that, when executed by a processor, causes an electronic device to:
- receive an email message comprising a message body and a reply deadline;
- display a task logging UI element including a URL for recording the reply deadline as a task;
- and record, when the task logging UI element is selected, the reply deadline for the email message as a task managed by a schedule management application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.