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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2002
Kenny Chunwai Fung, Orem, UT (US);
Brian Verle Allred, Mapleton, UT (US);
Scott M. Clayton, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Robert Scott Goodman, Orem, UT (US);
Kenny Chunwai Fung, Orem, UT (US);
Brian Verle Allred, Mapleton, UT (US);
Scott M. Clayton, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Robert Scott Goodman, Orem, UT (US);
Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and data structures are provided for assigning categories to electronic mail (email). An email includes a category identification field, a sender category identification field, and a receiver category identification field. When the email is transmitted any sender assigned category identification being made by the sender is placed in the sender category identification field, and any previous value contained in the sender category identification field is moved to the category identification field and the receiver category identification field. In some embodiments, the sender category identification field and the receiver category identification field can include distribution lists associated with multiple senders and multiple receivers of the email. When the email is received any value included in the category identification field is presented with the email.