Patent Document ID: 7680893
Application ID: 11620343

Base Claim:
1. In an electronic device having a mail user agent (MUA) and a mechanism for connecting to another device or network, a method comprising: detecting activation of a transmit function that transmits an e-mail from the electronic device; and transmitting, along with content of the e-mail, a dictionary associated with the MUA that defines terms and words included within the e-mail; wherein the MUA is a first MUA and the dictionary is a first dictionary associated with the first MUA, said method further comprising: receiving a second e-mail from a second MUA, wherein an envelope of said second e-mail includes a second dictionary of the second MUA; when specific definitions of at least one of received terms and words defined within the second dictionary are not defined within the first dictionary, prompting for an inclusion within the first dictionary of the specific definitions from within the second dictionary; and when said prompting receives a positive response, storing the specific definitions from the second dictionary within the first dictionary, such that a combined dictionary includes definitions of terms and words contained within the second e-mail.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: parsing through the e-mail content for terms and words that are currently undefined; requesting entry of one of a definition, a correct spelling, or an acceptance of a current spelling for the terms and words which are currently undefined; and selectively updating the content and the dictionary based on the entry received in response to the requesting step; wherein said dictionary comprises terminology and definitions and specific spellings of words which are unique to the MUA.