Actionable data embedded into emails for automating actions of an email client

A client device configured to communicably couple to an email server, the client device comprising:

• a display configured to render a first graphical user interface;
• a memory storing executable instructions;
• and
• a processor configured access the memory and to execute the executable instructions to instantiate a client application, the client application configured to perform the operations of:
• receive a first user input from a user, the first user input comprising selection of a message displayed in a message list;
• in response to the first user input, generate a second graphical user interface to solicit a second user input from the user, the second user input comprising a selection indicating that a reply from the user to the message will be displayed as a notification at a recipient client application and suppressed from a recipient message list at the recipient client application;
• in response to the second user input, generate a serialized object based on the second user input and the first user input;
• select a template from a set of email templates;
• populate the selected template based on the second user input;
• embed the serialized object into the populated selected template;
• and
• send the populated email template with the embedded serialized object to the email server.

A method of facilitating communication from a first client device to a second client device via email, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the second client device from an email server, an email sent to the email server by a first client device, the email comprising a first serialized object hidden from a user of the second client device;
• suppressing display of the email at the second client device upon determining that the email contains the first embedded serialized object;
• extracting the serialized object from the email at the second client device;
• extract an executable instruction from the first serialized object at the second client device;
• execute the executable instruction at the second client device to generate a result;
• generate, at the second client device, a second serialized object comprising the result;
• embedding the second serialized object into a reply to the email;
• and
• sending the reply to the email server.