Claims
- 1. An e-mail client, comprising:
a mailbox representation of a mailbox operable to enable a user to review summary information regarding received messages; and an address book representation of an address book operable directly from the mailbox representation to enable the user to select recipients for an outgoing message, and being further operable to enable the user to enter a new addressee and addressee contact information comprising a new contact directly into the address book.
- 2. The e-mail client of claim 1, further comprising:
an add new contact window operable to enable the user to enter new contact information into the address book along with a plurality of personal information associated with the new contact.
- 3. The e-mail client of claim 1, wherein the address book representation is further operable to enable the user to view detailed information about an existing contact.
- 4. The e-mail client of claim 3, wherein the address book representation is operable to enable the user to edit detailed information about an existing contact.
- 5. The e-mail client of claim 1, wherein the address book representation is further operable to enable the user to create a mailing list representation of a mailing list.
- 6. The e-mail client of claim 5, wherein the mailing list representation is created by enabling the user to select a plurality of contact representations using checkboxes and to save the mailing list representation by electing to save a mailing list comprising selected contacts.
- 7. The e-mail client of claim 1, further comprising:
a write e-mail window enabling the user to compose the outgoing message.
- 8. The e-mail client of claim 7, wherein the user can select to go to the address book representation from the write e-mail window.
- 9. The e-mail client of claim 1, wherein new contact information further comprises detailed information regarding each a new contact.
- 10. The e-mail client of claim 1, wherein the address book representation further includes a jump-to feature operable to enable the user to go directly to a desired contact.
- 11. A method of adding contacts to a recipient list, comprising:
displaying an address book representation of an address book to a user, the address book representation comprising a list of contacts included in the address book; enabling the user to select a plurality of contacts from the address book representation; and creating a recipient list comprising the plurality of selected contacts upon completion of selection by the user.
- 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
enabling the user to save the recipient list for later user by providing a name representation for the recipient list.
- 13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
enabling the user to view a list of detailed information associated with a selected contact.
- 14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
enabling the user to edit a list of detailed information associated with a selected contact.
- 15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
enabling the user to add a new contact from the address book, including a list of detailed information associated with the new contact.
- 16. A computer readable medium having a program to provide an address book comprising a plurality of contacts, the program comprising the steps of:
displaying an address book representation of an address book to a user, the address book representation comprising a list of contacts entered into the address book; enabling the user to select a plurality of contacts from the address book; and creating a recipient list comprising the plurality of selected contacts upon completion of selection by the user.
- 17. The program of claim 16, further comprising:
enabling the user to save the recipient list for later user by providing a name representation for the recipient list.
- 18. The program of claim 16, further comprising:
enabling the user to view a list of detailed information associated with a selected contact.
- 19. The program of claim 16, further comprising:
enabling the user to edit a list of detailed information associated with a selected contact.
- 20. The program of claim 16, further comprising:
enabling the user to add a new contact from the address book representation, including a list of detailed information associated with the new contact.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to and incorporates by reference both copending U.S. provisional application entitled, “FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION FOR E-MAIL CLIENT,” having Ser. No. 60/416,916, filed Oct. 8, 2002, and U.S. provisional application entitled “ADDING CONTACTS TO RECIPIENT LIST,” having Ser. No. 60/426,146, filed Nov. 14, 2002.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60416916 |
Oct 2002 |
US |
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60426146 |
Nov 2002 |
US |