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Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2011
Applicants:

Kay Lynn Bechtel, Martinsburg, PA (US);

Robert Mark Weinstein, Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kay Lynn Bechtel, Martinsburg, PA (US);

Robert Mark Weinstein, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system may for notifying a user of an incoming message may include a message server configured to apply a filter to a message header of a received message. A message program may be configured to filter the message based on at least one filter, the filter being established via a filter interface and including a plurality of filter options. The message program may be configured to display at least one message indicator in a message interface in response to applying the filter options of the filter to the message.


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