Patent ID: 6400810
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A communication system, comprising:an e-mail system capable of presenting a user interface window displaying summary information regarding a received e-mail message or content of the received e-mail message; a notification include button, included in the user interface window, for allowing a user to set a priority flag while viewing the summary information or the content of the received e-mail message, wherein activation of the notification include button sets the priority flag to permit notification of one or more future incoming e-mail messages associated with the received e-mail message; a notification exclude button, included in the user interface window, for allowing the user to set the priority flag while viewing the summary information or the content of the received c-mail message, wherein activation of the notification exclude button sets the priority flag to block notification of the future incoming e-mail messages associated with the received e-mail message; a filter list for storing the priority flag as set by the user; and a notification system, in communication with the e-mail system, for selectively notifying the user of the future incoming e-mail messages as a function of the priority flag stored in the filter list.