Patent ID: 8788592
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a note, wherein said note is a custom user note comprising user supplied text; receiving, by an e-mail server, note information, wherein said note information comprises information for identifying a received e-mail message with which to link, and wherein at the time said note information is received, said custom user note is not linked to said e-mail message; receiving, by said e-mail server, said e-mail message from a sender, wherein said e-mail message specifies said sender and specifies a recipient of said e-mail message, wherein said recipient is distinct from said sender; storing said custom user note on said receiving e-mail server; linking, by said receiving e-mail server, said custom user note with said e-mail message, wherein said custom user note and said e-mail message are linked based on said note information, wherein said linking comprises storing, by said receiving email server, information identifying said e-mail message and indicating that said e-mail message is linked with said custom user note; and subsequent to said receiving said e-mail message at said email server, supplying, by the receiving email server, both said e-mail message and said custom user note to an e-mail client for said recipient of said e-mail message, wherein said e-mail message and said custom user note are supplied to the same e-mail client by the receiving email server, wherein said supplying further comprises including, in response to determining that a user preference indicates that said custom user note should be included in said e-mail message for said e-mail client, said custom user note as a field value of a header field of said e-mail message, wherein said header field comprises a field name and a field value, wherein said custom user note is one of a plurality of notes, and wherein said including comprises determining which one of said plurality of notes should be included based upon said e-mail client.