Patent ID: 8301707

Claim:
A system for predictive electronic mail addressing, comprising: a computer system comprising a processor; and an application, that when executed by the processor on the computer system, observes an instantiation of a draft electronic mail message on a client device; observes an entry of a first addressee in the draft electronic mail message; observes an entry of a first keyword in a message body of the draft electronic mail message; determines a first probability calculated as a percentage of historic electronic mail messages addressed to the observed first addressee and including the observed first keyword in the body at least one time; determines, when the first probability exceeds a first predetermined minimum, a second probability calculated as a percentage of the historic electronic mail messages with the observed first addressee, and with the observed first keyword, and including a list of additional addressees as addressees; displays, when the second probability exceeds a second predetermined minimum, the list of additional addressees in a pop-up window that enables selectively adding the list of additional addressees to the first addressee displayed in the draft electronic mail message; and enters the list into an addressee entry space of the draft electronic mail message when selected from the pop-up window.