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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:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Michael Philip Arcuri, Seattle, WA (US);
Radu Bacioiu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christopher Cameron White, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Daley, Redmond, WA (US);
Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Seattle, WA (US);
Anthony Joseph Beeman, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Philip Arcuri, Seattle, WA (US);
Radu Bacioiu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christopher Cameron White, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Daley, Redmond, WA (US);
Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Seattle, WA (US);
Anthony Joseph Beeman, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and user interface are provided for managing e-mail rules and alert subscriptions from multiple sources. Alert messages and persistent state objects, such as cookies, are examined to determine whether they relate to an alert subscription. If an e-mail message or persistent state object is determined to relate to an alert subscription, a network address for a subscription source identified by the contents of the e-mail message or state object are added to a list of subscription sources. A request may then be received to manage one or more alert subscriptions. In response to the request, each subscription source identified in the list of subscription sources is validated. Each validated subscription source is added to a current subscriptions list, which is displayed to a user. Each subscription in the current subscriptions list may be modified or deleted by the user through a unified user interface for managing e-mail rules and alert subscriptions. Schema and data structures are also provided for communication between an e-mail and alert subscription client and a subscription source.