发明名称 Integrating email functionality into a word processor by incorporating an email GUI within the word processor
摘要 An Envelope provides the integration of the functionality of an electronic mail (email) application program and the functionality of a document editor. Users can more easily generate and edit sophisticated documents for email transmission by invoking an Envelope that provides the user with the functions of an email client. A user that is editing a document in a document editor, such as a word processor or spreadsheet application can invoke the Envelope within the user interface of the document editor. The Envelope has its own user interface that is fully functional within the confines of the document editor's user interface to provide the user with the functionality of the email client application program. With the Envelope invoked, the user is enabled to execute many of the email client's functions while still editing the document within the document editor's user interface. Thus, the rich document editing functionality of the document editor is maintained, while the functionality of the email client is simultaneously accessible to the user. Envelope data generated during the editing process is saved with the document and available when the document is next edited or is opened as an email message.
申请公布号 US6405225(B1) 申请公布日期 2002.06.11
申请号 US19980098778 申请日期 1998.06.17
申请人 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 发明人 APFEL DARREN A.;BUCHTHAL DAVID M.;RAYSON STEVE;CARLSON ANDREW G.;ANTOS CHRISTOPHER;LIU HAI
分类号 G06F17/24;G06Q10/00;(IPC1-7):G06F15/02 主分类号 G06F17/24
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