Claims
- 1. A method of generating a graphical user interface for an e-mail message, comprising the steps of:(A) generating an e-mail message having a body and a header for transmission to one or more recipients in a predetermined character set; (B) selecting formatting associated with said e-mail message for display by said one or more recipients, said formatting providing visual characteristics to said predetermined character set; (C) modifying said e-mail message by inserting said formatting into said header; (D) transmitting said modified e-mail message to said one or more recipients; and (E) upon reception of said modified e-mail message, displaying said formatting associated with said modified e-mail message in graphical format.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of modifying said e-mail message comprises generating at least one form header based upon said selected formatting and then inserting said at least one form header into said e-mail header and said step of displaying said formatting comprises extracting said at least one form header from said e-mail header of said modified e-mail message and extracting said formatting from said at least one form header for display.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of said at least one form headers is linked to data headers within said e-mail header such that said generated graphical user interface includes said formatting applied to data associated with said data headers.
- 4. A method of generating graphical user interfaces for e-mail messages, comprising the steps of:(A) generating an e-mail message having an e-mail body and an e-mail header in a predetermined character set; (B) selecting formatting associated with said e-mail message for display, said formatting providing visual characteristics to said predetermined character set; (C) modifying said e-mail message prior to transmission by inserting said formatting into said e-mail header; (D) saving said modified e-mail message; and (E) displaying said formatting associated with said modified e-mail message in graphical format.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein said step of modifying said e-mail message comprises generating at least one form header based upon said selected formatting and then inserting said at least one form header into said e-mail header and said step of displaying said formatting comprises extracting said at least one form header from said e-mail header of said modified e-mail message and extracting said formatting from said at least one form header for display.
- 6. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one of said at least one form headers is linked to data headers within said e-mail header such that said generated graphical user interface includes said formatting applied to data associated with said data headers.
- 7. A method of generating graphical user interfaces for e-mail messages having an e-mail body and an e-mail header, comprising the steps of:(A) selecting formatting associated with an e-mail message for display in a predetermined character set; (B) generating at least one form header based upon said selected formatting, said formatting providing visual characteristics to said predetermined character set; (C) modifying said e-mail message prior to transmission by inserting said at least one form header into said e-mail header; (D) saving said modified e-mail message; and (E) extracting said at least one form header from said e-mail header of said modified e-mail message, extracting said formatting from said at least one form header and displaying said formatting associated with said e-mail message in graphical format.
- 8. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of said at least one form headers is linked to data headers within said e-mail header such that said generated graphical user interface includes said formatting applied to data associated with said data headers.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1) of provisional application Ser. No. 60/160,030 filed Oct. 18, 1999.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/160030 |
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