IP Library Patent Application 11449221
Patent Application
App. No. 11/449,221

Method and apparatus for selective forwarding of e-mail and document content

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11/449,221
Abstract

A telecommunications method includes selecting and copying a portion of a document; detecting said selecting and copying; and automatically generating an e-mail editing window responsive to said detecting and pasting said portion into said e-mail editing window. In some embodiments, a method further includes generating a dialog after said detecting for providing an option to deselect the automatically generating option. In some embodiments, the selecting and copying includes selecting and copying using a cursor pointing device. In some embodiments, generating a dialog includes selecting a dialog option using a cursor pointing device

Claims (27)

1 . A method, comprising:

selecting and copying a portion of a document;

detecting said selecting and copying; and

automatically generating an e-mail editing window responsive to said detecting and pasting said portion into said e-mail editing window.

2 . A method in accordance with claim 1 , further including generating a dialog after said detecting for providing an option to deselect the automatically generating option.

3 . A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said selecting and copying includes selecting and copying using a cursor pointing device.

4 . A method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein said generating a dialog includes selecting a dialog option using a cursor pointing device.

5 . A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said document is an e-mail document.

6 . A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said document is a word processing document.

7 . Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method comprising:

detecting a selecting and copying of a portion of a document to a clipboard memory 113 ; and

automatically generating an e-mail editing window responsive to said detecting and pasting said portion into said e-mail editing window.

8 . Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 7 , further comprising generating a dialog after said detecting for providing an option to deselect the automatically generating option.

9 . Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 7 , wherein said selecting and copying includes selecting and copying using a cursor pointing device.

10 . Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 8 , wherein said generating a dialog includes selecting a dialog option using a cursor pointing device.

11 . Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 7 , wherein said document is an e-mail document.

12 . Machine-readable media storing one or more programs and/or data for performing a method in accordance with claim 7 , wherein said document is a word processing document.

13 . A processing device, comprising:

a processor; and a memory operably coupled to the processor storing code executable by the processor for

selecting and copying a portion of a document to a clipboard memory 113 ;

detecting said selecting and copying; and

automatically generating an e-mail editing window responsive to said detecting and pasting said portion into said e-mail editing window

14 . A processing device in accordance with claim 13 , said code executable by the processor including code for generating a dialog after said detecting for providing an option to deselect the automatically generating option.

15 . A processing device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein said selecting and copying includes selecting and copying using a cursor pointing device.

16 . A processing device in accordance with claim 14 , wherein said generating a dialog includes selecting a dialog option using a cursor pointing device.

17 . A processing device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein said document is an e-mail document.

18 . A processing device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein said document is a word processing document.

Assignments (3)
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN U.S. PATENTS Recorded Nov 10, 2010
From: SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED, AS SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 025339/0904 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2010
From: SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 024294/0040 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2006
From: VUONG, JOHN; KORAH, SARAH
To: SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 017990/0899 →