Patent ID: 7181495
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for selective notification of an email message, comprising: displaying a graphical user interface window to a user comprising a listing of a plurality of received email messages; receiving a first indication via the graphical user interface to permit notification of one or more future incoming email messages associated with a first received email of the plurality of received email messages while the first received email is selected; storing a priority flag for an attribute associated with the first received email in a filter list to permit notification of future incoming email messages associated with the first received email in response to the received first indication; receiving a second indication via the graphical user interface to block notification of one or more future incoming email messages associated with a second received email of the plurality of received email messages while the second received email is selected; storing a priority flag for an attribute associated with the second received email in the filter list to block notification of future incoming email messages associated with the second received email in response the received second indication; and selectively notifying a user of an incoming email message as a function of a priority flag of an attribute associated with the incoming email message and the filter list.