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US 7,925,983 B2Granted
System and method for address storage and message addressing
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsAaron Bangor, Melody Woan-Shiang Ho Tang
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Abstract
A system and method for message addressing and address storage are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include an address menu having an identification field with more than one associated address fields. Each of the address fields may be maintaining addresses for different messaging receipt options. For example, if an intended recipient of a message has an email account and a facsimile machine, a first address field may maintain an email address for the recipient, and a second address field may maintain a facsimile number for the recipient.
Claims20
A messaging system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device coupled to the processor, the memory device storing instructions for generating a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface operable to present:
- an address menu having an identification field with a plurality of associated address fields, each of the plurality of associated address fields operable to maintain an address;
- a selector to initiate presentation of the address menu at the graphical user interface for user selection of multiple addresses from the plurality of associated address fields of the identification field;
- and
- an address box associated with an outgoing electronic message, the address box capable of receiving one or more user-selected addresses from the plurality of associated address fields of the identification field for subsequent transfer of the outgoing electronic message to a respective destination associated with each of the one or more user-selected addresses;
- wherein the messaging system is operable to:
- automatically, without user interaction, convert a first file attached to the outgoing electronic message, the first file having an initial format, to produce a second file having a different format;
- and
- automatically attach the second file to the outgoing electronic message.
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A method comprising:
- initiating presentation of a first user-selectable item;
- receiving a first signal indicating user selection of the first user-selectable item;
- initiating, in response to the first signal, an address graphical user interface element to present an address menu comprising contact information of at least one potential addressee, the contact information of the at least one potential addressee including a first selectable address associated with a first address format type and a second selectable address associated with a second address format type;
- initiating, in response to a selection of the first selectable address at the address menu, presentation of the first selectable address in an address box associated with an outgoing electronic message;
- attaching a first file to the outgoing electronic message, the first file having an initial format;
- automatically converting the first file to produce a second file having a different format, wherein the different format differs from the initial format, and attaching the second file to the outgoing electronic message;
- and
- formatting the outgoing electronic message, without user interaction, into a third format that is based at least in part on the first address format type.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including machine-executable instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- provide a user-selectable button in connection with preparation of an outgoing electronic message;
- initiate a graphical user interface element in response to selection of the user-selectable button, the graphical user interface element enabling a user to select at least one address for the outgoing electronic message, the graphical user interface element comprising an address menu having an identification field with a plurality of associated address fields, each of the plurality of associated address fields operable to maintain an address;
- receive a selection of a first address via the graphical user interface element, the first address associated with an address format type;
- populate an address box of the outgoing electronic message with the first address;
- attach a first file to the outgoing electronic message, the first file having an initial format;
- automatically convert the first file to produce a second file, the second file having a different format that differs from the initial format, and attach the second file to the outgoing electronic message;
- and
- modify a third format of the outgoing electronic message, without user interaction, wherein the third format is based at least in part on the address format type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.