Methods and Systems for Saving Draft Electronic Communications

摘要

Methods and systems for saving draft electronic communications, such as web e-mails, are described herein. One such described method comprises automatically saving a draft web-email in the e-mail web page. A second such described method comprises saving a draft web e-mail in a cookie residing on the client machine. A third such described method comprises automatically saving a draft web e-mail at the host that provides the Web e-mail service. A fourth such described method comprises interacting with a central installed client component to save a draft web e-mail one the user's machine at the client side.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method performed by a host system having one or more processors, the method comprising:
on the host system:
sending a web page to a client system via a communications network;
prior to receiving from the client system, via the communications network, a user-initiated command that would require saving user inputs to the web page,receiving inputs from the client system via the communications network, wherein the received inputs include user text inputs to the web page; andperiodically auto-saving at the host system a backup copy of at least some of the received user text inputs to the web page.