Patent ID: 8413059
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: storing in a database on a network a plurality of profiles each corresponding to a respective member of a social networking website, wherein each profile specifies at least contact information for its respective social networking website member and an image selected by its respective social networking website member; after said storing, receiving, at a network device, an email originating from a user terminal remote from the network device; processing the received email to enable an addressee of the email to display at least a portion of the email on a user terminal operated by the addressee; comparing a sender email address of the received email to the database to identify a corresponding one of the profiles; and responsive to identifying the corresponding one of the profiles, causing the image of the corresponding one of the profiles to be displayed by the user terminal operated by the addressee concurrently with the displayed email portion.