Dynamic type-ahead for lists of prior specified addressees

1. A method for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees, the method comprising:

detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer;

matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message; and,

auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message, comprises identifying different lists in the table each of the identified different lists beginning with the detected character input.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input, comprises:

displaying a set of the different lists matching the detecting character;

selecting one of the different lists in the set; and,

inserting each different addressee in the selected one of the different lists into the addressee field.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein displaying a set of the different lists matching the detecting character, comprises displaying a set of the different lists matching the detected character along with a context for each of the different lists matching the detected character.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the context for each of the different lists matching the detected character comprises a date of transmission of a previously composed message for each of the different lists matching the detected character.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the context for each of the different lists matching the detected character comprises a message type of a previously composed message for each of the different lists matching the detected character.

7. A message processing system comprising:

a computer with memory and a processor;

a messaging client executing in the memory by the processor of the computer, the messaging client being configured for communicative coupling to a messaging server over a computer communications network; and,

a type-ahead for recipient lists module coupled to the messaging client, the module comprising program code enabled to detect character input in an addressee field of a composition view of the messaging client, to match the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message, and to auto-complete the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the messaging client is an e-mail client.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer;

computer usable program code for matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message; and,

computer usable program code for auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the computer usable program code for matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists, each of the entries in the table comprising multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message, comprises computer usable program code for identifying different lists in the table each of the identified different lists beginning with the detected character input.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the computer usable program code for auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input, comprises:

computer usable program code for displaying a set of the different lists matching the detecting character;

computer usable program code for selecting one of the different lists in the set; and,

computer usable program code for inserting each different addressee in the selected one of the different lists into the addressee field.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the computer usable program code for displaying a set of the different lists matching the detecting character, comprises computer usable program code for displaying a set of the different lists matching the detected character along with a context for each of the different lists matching the detected character.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the context for each of the different lists matching the detected character comprises a date of transmission of a previously composed message for each of the different lists matching the detected character.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the context for each of the different lists matching the detected character comprises a message type of a previously composed message for each of the different lists matching the detected character.