E-mail interface and method for processing e-mail messages

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016328097-A1
Application number	US-201415107482-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 24, 2014
Priority date	May 22, 2014
Publication date	Nov 10, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

There is disclosed a method for displaying an e-mail message on a webmail page. The method is executable at a webmail server. The method comprises: receiving, via a communication network, from an electronic device associated with an e-mail message recipient, a request for pending e-mail messages for the e-mail message recipient; retrieving from an e-mail database, a pending e-mail message having a destination address designating the e-mail message recipient; determining a category of the pending e-mail message; based on the category of the pending e-mail message, retrieving from a behaviour database an indication of a past behaviour pattern associated with the e-mail message recipient; sending to the electronic device, via the communication network, a trigger, the trigger being instrumental in causing the electronic device to display the webmail page, the webmail page showing: the pending e-mail message; and a first command button and a second command button in an order, the order of the first command button and the second command button having been selected based on the past behaviour pattern.

First claim

1 . A method for displaying an electronic message on a page, the method executable at a server, the method comprising:
receiving, via a communication network, from an electronic device associated with an electronic message recipient, a request for pending electronic messages for the electronic message recipient; retrieving from an electronic database, a pending electronic message having a destination address designating the electronic message recipient; determining a category of the pending electronic message, the determining the category being based on at least one attribute of the pending electronic message; based on the category of the pending electronic message, retrieving from a behaviour database an indication of a past behaviour pattern associated with the electronic message recipient; sending to the electronic device, via the communication network, a trigger, the trigger being instrumental in causing the electronic device to display the page, the page showing:
the pending electronic message; and
a first command button and a second command button in an order, the order of the first command button and the second command button having been selected based on the past behaviour pattern.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting the first command button and the second command button from a plurality of command buttons based on the past behaviour pattern.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the first command button and the second command button are the only command buttons displayed.

4 . The method of claim 1 , the trigger being further instrumental in causing the electronic device to display a third command button, the third command button also organized in the order with the first command button and the second command button, the first command button, the second command button and the third command button having been selected from a plurality of command buttons based on the past behaviour pattern.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the first command button, the second command button and the third command button are the only command buttons displayed.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising prior to the receiving:
electronic message recipient, the past behaviour pattern based on the actions taken by the electronic message recipient with at least one past electronic message belonging to the category.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the storing comprises storing the past behaviour pattern in association with a user profile of the electronic message recipient.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the past behaviour pattern is indicative of the most likely action to be taken by the electronic message recipient in association with the pending electronic message.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first command button is associated with the most likely action and the order comprises placing the first command button first.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the past behaviour pattern is indicative of a second most likely action to be taken by the electronic message recipient in association with the pending electronic message.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the second command button is associated with the second most likely action and the order comprises placing the second command button after the first command button.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the placing second command button after the first command button comprises one of:
placing the second command button to the right of the first command button; placing the second command button to the left of the first command button; placing the second command button to the top of the first command button; placing the second command button to the bottom of the first command button.

13 . The method of claim 6 , the actions taken by the electronic message recipient with at least one past electronic message belonging to the category comprising a first past action taken by the electronic message recipient with a first past electronic message and a second past action taken by the electronic message recipient with a second past electronic message, both the first past electronic message and the second past electronic message belonging to the category, the method further comprising, prior to the storing, determining the past behaviour pattern based on the first past action and the second past action.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the determining is executed using machine learning algorithms.

15 . The method of claim 1 , the trigger being instrumental in causing the electronic device to display the page in an interface of the electronic device.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the receiving the request for pending electronic messages for the electronic message recipient is executed in response to the electronic message recipient interacting with the interface.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the interacting comprises authenticating in the interface using user credentials.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the retrieving the pending electronic message and the retrieving the indication of a past behaviour pattern are executed at least partially based on user credentials.

19 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the category of the pending electronic message comprises selecting the category from a plurality of pre-set categories based on at least one of a sender of the pending electronic message and application of a categorization rule.

20 . A method for displaying an electronic message on a page, the method executable at a server, the method comprising:
receiving, via a communication network, from an electronic device associated with an electronic message recipient, a request for pending electronic messages for the electronic message recipient; retrieving from an electronic database, a pending electronic message having a destination address designating the electronic message recipient; determining a category of the pending electronic message, the determining the category being based on at least one attribute of the pending electronic message; based on the category of the pending electronic message, retrieving from a behaviour database an indication of a past behaviour pattern associated with the electronic message recipient; sending to the electronic device, via the communication network, a trigger, the trigger being instrumental in causing the electronic device to display the page, the page showing:
the pending electronic message; and
a command button, the command button having been selected based on the past behaviour pattern, the command button for indicating user desire to perform an action with the electronic message displayed on the page.

21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the command button is the only command button for indicating user desire to perform an action with the electronic message displayed on the page.

22 . A server comprising:
a communication interface for communication with an electronic device via a communication network; a processor operationally connected with the communication interface, the processor configured to:
receive, via the communication interface, from the electronic device associated with an electronic message recipient, a request for pending electronic messages for the electronic message recipient;
retrieve from an electronic database, a pending electronic message having a destination address designating the electronic message recipient;
determine a category of the pending elec

Assignees

• Yandex Europe Ag

Inventors

• Ganin Egor Vladimirovitch
• Garkushin Bogdan Yurievich
• Shmelev Vasily Aleksandrovich

Classifications

• H04L51/42 Primary

  Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• H04L51/36

  Electricity · mapped topic