Patent ID: 8375307
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for a mobile terminal managing a plurality of e-mail accounts, the method comprising: displaying an e-mail menu screen that contains a list of a plurality of e-mail accounts previously registered to the mobile phone in response to an input for executing an email function; communicating with one or more e-mail servers related to the plurality of e-mail accounts to retrieve mail box information for each e-mail account; displaying a total number of any newly received or not-yet-read e-mails of each said e-mail account as icons appearing next to each said e-mail account; simultaneously displaying a list of e-mail messages listed for a first e-mail account and icons for replying to the list of e-mail messages individually when the first e-mail account is selected for processing among the plurality of e-mail accounts; generating a message writing screen of the first e-mail account for a return email to a particular e-mail message among the list of e-mail messages when an icon for replying to the particular e-mail message is selected from the icons for replying to the list of e-mail messages individually; setting a second e-mail account among the plurality of e-mail accounts for transmitting the return email when the second e-mail account is selected for processing among the plurality of e-mail accounts through an account changing interface displayed on the message writing screen; and transmitting the return email via the second e-mail account in response to an input thereof.