CN101686208A - Device and method for indicating state of e-mail addressee - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a device and a method for indicating the state of an e-mail addressee. The device for indicating the state of the e-mail addressee comprises a checking unit and a display unit, wherein the checking unit is used for checking the relative state information of at least one addressee of an e-mail from a service terminal of the e-mail before the e-mail is sent out, and the display unit is used for displaying the relative state information. The invention also provides a corresponding e-mail server and a method for indicating the e-mail addressee's state corresponding to thedevice. Users can get addressee' state information before sending an e-mail by employing the device and the method, therefore the communication efficiency is increased.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to e-mail system, more specifically, relate to the apparatus and method that to indicate addressee's state.
Background technology
Email has become one of current most popular communication mode.Especially in the scope of business covered the trans-corporation in multiple geographical position and time zone, Email almost became the most important mode of information interchange.Yet Email also has effective not enough shortcoming.In existing most e-mail systems, the user can not know addressee's usability status immediately, and just, whether the addressee is online, whether is in the state or the like of going on business, have a holiday.If the addressee because go on business, have a holiday and can not consult for a long time, reply email, the sender can only wait for addressee's answer of returning just can receive so usually, wastes the plenty of time thus in wait.In some improved e-mail systems, the user can be provided with and automatically reply function.Like this, the sender will receive this addressee's the mail that automatically replies after sending an envelope Email to the addressee who is in the state of having a holiday, and by this mail, the sender will know addressee's the information of having a holiday.
Yet still there are a lot of defectives in the mode that automatically replies.At first, automatically replying function often is not instant the execution.For example, under the default mode of some existing mailing systems, system verified a state of user in per six hours and sets.So just brought the delay on the actual effect.Secondly, provide in the e-mail system that automatically replies function,, automatically reply function so and only the first envelope mail that this sender sends is replied if a sender has sent many envelopes mail for same addressee at majority.Such setting still but may be made troubles for the sender for preventing that spam from being highly significant.For example, the sender might forget definite the having a holiday the time of each contact person, therefore sends mail once more to the contact person.At this moment, but can not receive the mail that automatically replies, make the sender have to search former mail or be absorbed in wait.In addition, in some cases, automatically reply mail and often comprise specified standby (back up) associated person information of addressee.The sender receives such automatically replying after the mail, just need write mail again and give standby contact person, and send once more.This has just caused sender's repetitive operation, and then causes the waste of time and efficient.
Some e-mail system also provides schedule (calendar) function for the user.For the user of this mailing system, the sender can verify addressee's schedule before sending mail, to determine its usability status.Yet in most companies, individual's schedule is considered to be secret usually, and the schedule that allows other people to visit oneself may bring the problem of secure context.Even each user can visit other people schedule, still there is deficiency in this scheme.The user want to send mail to many contact persons in, he just must verify these contact persons' schedule one by one, this verification process also can be wasted a large amount of time.
Therefore,, will bring great help and facility, greatly improve the communication efficiency of Email simultaneously for the sender if the sender can know addressee's usability status and standby associated person information thereof immediately before sending mail.
Summary of the invention
Consider the problems referred to above, the invention provides the apparatus and method and the mail server that are used to indicate addressee's state.
According to first aspect present invention, a kind of device that is used for indicating state of e-mail addressee is provided, comprise: verify the unit, be configured to before a mail is sent out, to verify status related information from least one addressee of this mail of mail service end; And display unit, be configured to show described status related information.
According to second aspect present invention, a kind of e-mail server is provided, comprise: state processing unit, state storage unit and state are searched the unit, wherein: described state processing unit is configured to receive the status related information that client sends, and this information is recorded in described state storage unit; Described state storage unit is configured to store described status related information; Described state is searched the unit and is configured to verification request in response to client, searches the status related information of being asked in described state storage unit.
According to third aspect present invention, a kind of e-mail system is provided, comprise as the described device of first aspect present invention with as the described e-mail server of second aspect present invention.
According to fourth aspect present invention, a kind of method that is used for indicating state of e-mail addressee is provided, comprising: verification is from least one addressee's of this mail of mail service end status related information before a mail is sent out; And show described status related information.
By said apparatus provided by the invention and method, the user can know addressee's state before send Email, thereby improved the communication efficiency of Email.
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Fig. 1 illustrates the structure chart of device that is used to indicate addressee's state according to the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates the display message according to the display unit of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 illustrates the structure chart of the device that is used to indicate addressee's state according to another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 illustrates the structure chart of device that is used to indicate addressee's state according to further embodiment of this invention;
Fig. 5 illustrates the structural representation of the e-mail server of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 illustrates the flow chart according to the method for the indication addressee state of the embodiment of the invention; And
Fig. 7 illustrates the flow chart of the method for indicating addressee's state according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 illustrates the structure chart of device that is used to indicate addressee's state according to the embodiment of the invention.As shown in the figure, this device is totally indicated by numeral 100.In order to indicate Email Recipient's state, this device 100 comprises verifies unit 102 and display unit 104.Verify unit 102 and be configured to verify status related information from least one addressee of this mail of mail service end before a mail is sent out, display unit 104 is configured to show described status related information.Describe the functional configuration of device 100 and component units thereof in detail below in conjunction with concrete example.
In a concrete example, the user has write an envelope Email, wants it is sent to A and two addressees of B simultaneously.This user is called as the sender in the following description.As mentioned above, can in time receive this mail, verify unit 102 and before this mail is sent out, just carry out verification addressee's usability status in order to understand the addressee.Particularly, verifying unit 102 can be set to click selections " transmissions " afterwards and in this mail also is not sent out away the sender, the above-mentioned verification of just automatic startup.In the verification process, verify unit 102 and send the request of verification to the mail service end, comprise e-mail address or other signs of addressee A to be verified and B in this verification request.Verify request by this, verification unit 102 can receive the information relevant with addressee's state from service end.The above-mentioned information relevant with addressee's state can comprise: addressee's usability status, promptly available (in office, can receive immediately, consult, replied mail), unavailable (reason such as go on business, have a holiday is left office, can not in time check and accept mail).If the addressee is in down state, status related information can also comprise so: leave the time of office, standby associated person information.Further, in a concrete example, described standby associated person information also comprises: standby contact person's addresses of items of mail and responsibility thereof (responsibility).After receiving above-mentioned status related information, display unit 104 is shown to the user with these information.
Display unit 104 can show above-mentioned information in several ways.In one embodiment, display unit 104 shows the addressee who is in different conditions with different colours.For example, in above-mentioned example, the sender wants send Email to give A and B.Through verifying the verification of unit 102, find that addressee A is in upstate at present, and addressee B is in down state.So, display unit 104 can be with the color of routine acquiescence, black display addressee A for example, and with unconventional prompting look, for example red display addressee B reminds the different addressees of sender state separately with this.In another embodiment, display unit 104 shows sender's status related information with form of window.Fig. 2 illustrates the display message according to the display unit of the embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 2, after the user has imported the e-mail address of A and B and has selected to send, display unit is shown to the sender with the form of pop-up window (pop-up) with the status related information of addressee A and B, and provide interactive selector button, for example continue to send, cancellations etc. make the sender after knowing addressee's state, can take ensuing action simply according to this state.Particularly, the shown addressee's state information of this window can be: addressee B just on holiday, time is that September 1 was to September 15, the standby contact people of patent aspect affairs is C, its addresses of items of mail is C@cn.ibm.com, the standby contact people of research and development aspect affairs is D, and its addresses of items of mail is D@cn.ibm.com.The sender can be by clicking, drag standby contact name or mailbox add it to and sends in the tabulation (distribution list), just with standby contact person as the addressee or the object of make a copy for (CC).Than existing mailing system, the sender no longer needs to write again mail, sends to standby contact person once more, thereby has avoided sender's repetitive operation.In addition, the scheme that shows standby contact person's responsibility is especially favourable for the user who is responsible for a plurality of projects simultaneously.This makes the contents of a project that the sender can be related according to mail, selects standby contact person targetedly.Be appreciated that the display window that display unit produces also can adopt other forms, for example the classification form.In the first order form of classification form, only show the addressee who is in down state.The sender can enter second level form by clicking interested addressee, and this grade form illustrates this addressee's standby associated person information.Display unit also can show color with the form demonstration and combine, addressee's state information is shown jointly.For example, with redness the addressee who is in down state is shown.When the sender rests on one " redness " above the addressee time with mouse, display unit illustrates its standby associated person information with the form of floating frame (hover window) on this addressee next door further.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that display unit can adopt the various display modes that are intended to indicate addressee's state, and the interaction with the sender can be provided on the basis of this demonstration in every way, do not enumerate one by one at this.
Indicate the basis of the device 100 of addressee's state in shown in Figure 1 being used to, the present invention also provides other execution modes of said apparatus.Fig. 3 illustrates the structure chart of the device that is used to indicate addressee's state according to another embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, the device according to this embodiment is totally indicated by numeral 300.Verify unit 302 and the display unit 304 except comprising, this device 300 also comprises local cache 303 and state recording unit 306.
The basic function of verifying unit 302 and display unit 304 is similar to corresponding unit shown in Figure 1.Particularly, verify unit 302 and before an Email sends, send the request of verification to the mail service end, and this mail recipient's who asks in response to this verifications who receives that service end returns state information.But, except these information are sent to the display unit 304, verification unit 302 also is sent to local cache 303 and stores, and just the status related information that receives is copied in the local cache.Thus, just stored the status related information that comes from service end in the local cache 303.Like this, when verifying the follow-up verification of unit 302 execution, just can at first from local cache, verify.If in local cache, found required state information, just needn't send to verify to the mail service end again and ask; If in local cache, do not find required state information, so just still verify to the mail service end.
In an object lesson, the user writes mail for the first time, wants to send to addressee A and B.Verify unit 302 and verify request with the addresses of items of mail of A and B to the service end transmission, and receive the state information that service end is returned, this state information shows that addressee B is in down state at present, and its have a holiday time and standby associated person information is shown.Verify unit 302 except the status related information with B sends to display unit 304 shows, also it is copied in the local cache 303.Write mail for the second time this user, when wanting to send to addressee B and E, verify B and E are at first verified in unit 302 in local cache 303 status related information.Owing to stored state information in the local cache, therefore, verify the state information that unit 302 receives the B that local cache 303 returns soon about B.And, temporarily also do not store relative state information in the local cache for addressee E.Therefore, verify unit 302 and then send the request of verification with the addresses of items of mail of E to service end, the state information of request inquiry E gets final product.After receiving the state information of E, verifying unit 302 can copy to the state of E in the local cache 303.
Be appreciated that because local cache 303 all is arranged on client with verifying unit 302, therefore verify unit 302 and in local cache, verify than carrying out verification speed and will improve much in service end.By local cache is set, verify unit 302 and needn't all send the request of verification at every turn to the mail service end, reduce the communication frequency with service end, thereby greatly improved the verification efficient of verifying unit 302.And as a rule, storage is the addressee's that verified recently of user state information in the local cache 303.And in practical operation, if the user is because certain addressee is in down state and gets in touch with it with failing, this user tends to follow-up this addressee of repeatedly trial contact.This makes that the practical efficiency of local cache is very high, and then makes the efficient of verifying the unit be improved.Be appreciated that update module can also be set in local cache, regularly upgrade the content in the local cache, for example, with the time of having a holiday overdue contact person's information deletion.
Except optionally being provided with local cache 303, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, device 300 also comprises state recording unit 306, is configured to accept the status related information that the user sets, and this information is sent to service end.By state recording unit 306, the user can set the state information of oneself, comprises time, message, standby contact addresses and the responsibility etc. of usability status, out of office, and such information is registered to the mail service end.Like this, other senders also can arrive the mail service end and verify this state of user relevant information, and then understand this state of user before attempting to send mail to this user.Further, the user can also change the state information of having set by state recording unit 306.
On the basis of the embodiment of Fig. 3, Fig. 4 illustrates the structure chart of device that is used to indicate addressee's state according to further embodiment of this invention.In Fig. 4, totally indicate by numeral 400 according to the device of this embodiment.This device 400 comprises resolution unit 401, verifies unit 402, local cache 403, display unit 404 and state recording unit 406.Wherein, verify unit 402, local cache 403, the basic function of display unit 404 and state recording unit 406 and Fig. 1 and corresponding unit shown in Figure 3 are similar.Additional resolution unit 401 is configured to resolve user behavior, triggers described verification unit according to user behavior and carries out verification.
In a concrete example, can trigger the user behavior of verifying unit execution verification and be included in the specific symbol of recipient email address front interpolation, for example "～", " # " etc.Because above-mentioned symbol can not occur in the legal e-mail address, therefore, such symbol can be used as a kind of designator and is added on the Email front, the expression user wishes to understand this addressee's state information.In a specific embodiment, the user has write an envelope Email, wishes to send it to addressee A and B.Wherein, the user relatively pays close attention to for the state of addressee B, therefore, has added symbol "～" in this front, address when the e-mail address of input B.In order to pick out user's behavior, resolution unit 401 obtains the address of the addressee of user's input, and these addresses are analyzed.Particularly, whether resolution unit 401 begins to judge with special symbol "～" whether the user wishes to verify the addressee's of this address correspondence state by analyzing each address.By analysis, resolution unit 401 is judged the state that the user wishes to verify addressee B.So resolution unit 401 just triggers verifies the state information that addressee B is verified in unit 402.After this, as mentioned above, verify unit 402 and just can send to verify to local cache 403 and/or mail service end and ask, and will verify the result by display unit 404 and show with the addresses of items of mail of B.By such mode, can farthest reduce the user is write, sends the interference of mail.If the user does not pay close attention to for addressee's state, the user can normally import address of the addressee so, and existing mailing system is write as using, send Email.If the user relatively pays close attention to part addressee state, so just can only add designator in the address of the addressee front of paying close attention to, trigger and verify the state information of unit verification with the addressee of designator guiding.
In another embodiment, mailing system provides other interaction modes for the user, and the options of state check for example is provided for the user.Such options can comprise: verify all addressee's states, verify the particular recipient state, verify all Obj States or the like of making a copy for.The user can click such options as required, shows to wish to verify the behavior that the unit is carried out.Resolution unit 401 is correspondingly discerned user's click behavior, triggers according to the options that the user clicked and verifies corresponding verification of unit 402 execution.In another kind of embodiment, the user can send the verification instruction by clicking particular recipient after the input address of the addressee.Similarly, identification is carried out in 401 couples of users' of resolution unit click behavior, parses the user and wants the addressee that verifies, and trigger the state of verifying 402 couples of these addressees in unit and verify.The system of being appreciated that can provide other modes for the user, the user can be sent by the behavior of other types verify instruction.Correspondingly, resolution unit is resolved these behaviors of user, triggers according to user behavior and verifies the corresponding verification of unit execution.By such mode, the device 400 of indication addressee state can be carried out verification to addressee's state with need (on demand), has avoided the possible interference that brings to the user.
Corresponding with the device of above-mentioned specifically described indication addressee state, the present invention also provides the execution mode of E-mail service end.Fig. 5 illustrates the structural representation of the e-mail server of the embodiment of the invention.As shown in the figure, this mail server is totally indicated by numeral 500, and include: state processing unit 501, state storage unit 502 and state are searched unit 503.
In a specific embodiment, the user utilizes the state recording unit set condition information of client, and this information is sent to service end.State processing unit 501 in the service end can be directly and described state recording unit communication, in case receive the status related information that the state recording unit sends, just this information registered or is recorded in the state storage unit 502.Above-mentioned status related information can comprise: usability status, leave time of office, message, standby associated person information or the like.Wherein standby associated person information can comprise standby contact addresses and responsibility again.Further, the user can also change state information in client, after for example returning on holiday " available " is returned in the usability status setting.In this case, the new state information that in a single day state processing unit 501 receives the client transmission just is recorded in state storage unit 502 with this new information, makes it substitute corresponding original information, realizes the renewal of state information.
Store in state storage unit 502 on the basis of status related information, state is searched the verification request of unit 503 in response to client, searches the status related information of being asked in state storage unit 502.Particularly, in one embodiment, state is searched the verification unit direct communication of unit 503 and client, accepts to verify the verification request that the unit sent.This verification request generally includes contact person's to be verified e-mail address.Receive after the request of verification, state is searched unit 503 and is searched in state storage unit 502 with the contact addresses that comprises in the request of verifying, and searches for the state information clauses and subclauses that are complementary with this contact person.After obtaining state information to be verified, state is searched unit 503 this information is returned to client, particularly, returns to the verification unit in the client.As mentioned above, state storage unit 502 can be stored described status related information with the form of list item, therefore, state is searched unit 503 can directly read information from the list item of coupling, and return to client, make that client need not state information is further resolved, only need be shown to the user and get final product.
Based on same inventive concept, the present invention also provides the method for indicating state of e-mail addressee.Fig. 6 illustrates the flow chart according to the method for the indication addressee state of the embodiment of the invention.
As shown in Figure 6, in this embodiment, in order to indicate Email Recipient's state, in step 602, verification is from least one addressee's of this mail of mail service end status related information before a mail is sent out.
Particularly, in order to make the user know addressee's state before sending mail, above-mentioned verification step is arranged at a mail and is sent out execution before.In the verification process, can at first send the request of verification to the mail service end, comprise addressee's to be verified e-mail address or other signs in this verification request.Verify request by this, service end can be returned the information relevant with addressee's state.As previously mentioned, the information relevant with addressee's state can comprise: addressee's usability status, and promptly available, unavailable.If the addressee is in down state, status related information can also comprise so: leave the time of office, message, standby associated person information.Further, standby associated person information can also comprise: standby contact person's addresses of items of mail and responsibility thereof.
After addressee's status related information was verified, the method for present embodiment advanced to step 604, and the information with above-mentioned verification is shown to the user therein.Particularly, the status related information that shows above-mentioned addressee can be accomplished in several ways.In one embodiment, can show the addressee who is in different conditions with different colours.For example, in one example, the sender wants send Email to give A and B.Through the verification of step 602, find that addressee A is in upstate at present, and addressee B is in down state.So, can be in step 604 with the color of routine acquiescence, black display addressee A for example, with unconventional prompting look, for example red display addressee B reminds the different addressees of sender state separately with this.The status related information that can show in another embodiment, the sender with form of window.For example, after the user has imported the e-mail address of A and B and has selected to send, in step 604, the status related information of addressee A and B is shown to the sender with the form of pop-up window (pop-up), and provide interactive selector button, for example continue to send, cancellations etc. make the sender after knowing addressee's state, can take ensuing action simply according to this state.Particularly, the shown addressee's state information of this window can comprise: the addressee has a holiday the time, a plurality of standby contact persons e-mail address separately and the project of being responsible for.This makes the contents of a project that the sender can be related according to mail, select standby contact person targetedly, and can be by clicking, drag standby contact name or mailbox it be added to and send in the tabulation, just with standby contact person as addressee or the object made a copy for.Be appreciated that above-mentioned display window also can adopt other forms, for example the classification form.In the first order form of classification form, only show the addressee who is in down state.The sender can enter second level form by clicking interested addressee, and this grade form illustrates this addressee's standby associated person information.Display window also can show with color and combine, addressee's state information is shown jointly.For example, with redness the addressee who is in down state is shown.When the sender rests on one " redness " above the addressee time with mouse, then on this addressee next door its standby associated person information is shown with the form of floating frame further.Be appreciated that those skilled in the art can adopt the various display modes that are intended to indicate addressee's state, and the interaction with the sender can be provided on the basis of this demonstration in every way, do not enumerate one by one at this.
Except above-mentioned flow process, the method for indication addressee state can be carried out according to the flow process of other embodiment.According to another embodiment of the present invention, the flow process of the method for indication addressee state as shown in Figure 7.As shown in Figure 7, at first execution in step 701, before mail is sent out, verify this mail recipient's status related information in local cache.Wherein, local cache storage come from the mail service end before the contact person's that verified state information.In a concrete example, the associated person information that is in down state of verifying before only storing in the local cache.In step 702, judge in local cache, whether to have found required state information, that is, and addressee's to be verified state information.If in local cache, found required state information, then direct execution in step 705, demonstration addressee's state information; If do not find required state information in local cache, execution in step 703 so, verify this mail recipient's status related information at the mail service end.Afterwards, in step 704, the addressee's that verifies state information is copied in the local cache.Like this, in follow-up verification, when verifying this addressee once more, just can from local cache, directly find this addressee's state information.In a concrete example, the addressee information that only will be in down state copies in the local cache.After verifying addressee's state, in step 705, show addressee's state information.Particularly, can be according to the above-mentioned status related information that shows the addressee in conjunction with the described mode of the step 604 among Fig. 6.
In an object lesson, the user wants to send mail to addressee A and B.At this moment, suppose to store in the local cache state information of addressee A, this information shows that A is in down state at present, and its have a holiday time and standby associated person information is shown.When carrying out addressee's state check, at first in local cache, verify.Owing to stored state information in the local cache, therefore, in local cache, just can find the state information of A about A.And, temporarily also do not store relative state information in the local cache for addressee B.Therefore, then the addresses of items of mail with B sends the request of verification to service end, the state information of request inquiry B.After receiving the state information of B, just the state of B can be copied in the local cache.Like this, in follow-up verification, verify the state information of B if desired, just can directly in local cache, find this information.
Be appreciated that because local cache is arranged on client, therefore in local cache, verify and to improve much than carrying out verification speed in service end.By local cache is set, can reduce the communication frequency with service end, verify efficient thereby greatly improve.
Further, in the method for the indication addressee state of the embodiment of the invention, can also comprise the step (not shown) of recording user state.In this step, accept the status related information that the user sets, and this information is sent to service end.By this state recording step, the user can set the state information of oneself, comprises time, the message of usability status, out of office, standby contact addresses and responsibility etc., and such information is registered to the mail service end.Like this, other senders also can arrive the mail service end and verify this state of user relevant information, and then understand this state of user before attempting to send mail to this user.
In one embodiment, the method for indication addressee state also comprises the step (not shown) of resolving user behavior.In this step, carry out parsing, and trigger above-mentioned verification step according to user behavior to user behavior.
In a concrete example, can trigger the user behavior of verifying step and be included in the specific symbol of recipient email address front interpolation, for example "～", " # " etc. wishes to verify the state information by the addressee of this special symbol guiding to show the user.At this moment, in order to pick out user's behavior, in above-mentioned analyzing step, obtain the address of the addressee of user's input, and these addresses are analyzed.Particularly, can whether guide and judge whether the user wishes to verify the addressee's of this address correspondence state by analyzing each address by special symbol.For address of the addressee by the special symbol guiding, just trigger to carry out and verify step, this addressee's state is verified.Pattern verification repeats no more as previously mentioned.By such mode, can farthest reduce the user is write, sends the interference of mail.If the user does not pay close attention to for addressee's state, the user can normally import address of the addressee and send mail so; If the user relatively pays close attention to part addressee state, so just can only add special symbol in the address of the addressee front of paying close attention to, trigger to carry out and verify step, the indication addressee's that special symbol guided state information.
In another embodiment, mailing system provides other interaction modes for the user, and the options of state check for example is provided for the user.Correspondingly, can trigger the user behavior of verifying step can comprise the click of such options is selected.Corresponding therewith, in analyzing step, just need discern user's click behavior, trigger corresponding the verification according to the options that the user clicked.The system of being appreciated that can provide other modes for the user, the user can be sent by the behavior of other types verify instruction.Correspondingly, in analyzing step, need these behaviors of user are resolved, trigger corresponding the verification according to user behavior.By such mode, the method for indication addressee state can with the verification of need ground execution to addressee's state, have been avoided the possible interference that brings to the user flexibly.
By step described above and flow process, can realize indicating the method for addressee's state.Be appreciated that said method can pass through Fig. 1, device shown in Fig. 3-4 and unit are carried out.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, can use a computer executable instruction and/or be included in the processor control routine of above-mentioned apparatus and method realizes, for example provides such code on such as the mounting medium of disk, CD or DVD-ROM, such as the programmable memory of read-only memory (firmware) or the data medium such as optics or electronic signal carrier.The device of the indication addressee state of present embodiment and unit thereof, module can be by such as very lagre scale integrated circuit (VLSIC) or gate array, realize such as the semiconductor of logic chip, transistor etc. or such as the hardware circuit of the programmable hardware device of field programmable gate array, programmable logic device etc., also can use the software of carrying out by various types of processors to realize, also can realize by the combination of above-mentioned hardware circuit and software.
Though below indicate the apparatus and method of addressee's state to describe in detail to the present invention in conjunction with specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to this.Those of ordinary skills can be under specification instruction carry out multiple conversion, substitutions and modifications and without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention to the present invention, for example the content of the status related information in the specific embodiment, form, display mode etc. are expanded, made it be applicable to other situations.Should be appreciated that all such variations, replacement, modification still fall within protection scope of the present invention.Protection scope of the present invention is limited by claims.
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1. device that is used for indicating state of e-mail addressee comprises:
Verify the unit, be configured to before a mail is sent out, to verify status related information from least one addressee of this mail of mail service end; And
Display unit is configured to show described status related information.
2. device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises local cache, is used to store described at least one addressee's from the mail service end status related information; Wherein verify the unit also is configured to verify described at least one addressee in described local cache status related information.
3. device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises: the state recording unit is configured to accept the status related information that the user sets, and this information is sent to service end.
4. as each device among the claim 1-3, wherein said status related information comprises one or more in following: usability status, leave time of office, message, standby associated person information.
5. device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said standby associated person information comprises: at least one standby contact person's e-mail address and responsibility thereof.
6. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display unit are configured to show with form described at least one addressee's status related information.
7. device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said display unit are configured to show the addressee who is in different usability status with different colours.
8. device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises: resolution unit, be configured to resolve user behavior, and trigger described verification unit according to user behavior and carry out described verification.
9. device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said user behavior comprises one or more in the following behavior: add special symbol before address of the addressee, click particular recipient, click options.
10. e-mail server comprises: state processing unit, and state storage unit and state are searched the unit, wherein:
Described state processing unit is configured to receive the status related information that client sends, and this information is recorded in described state storage unit;
Described state storage unit is configured to store described status related information;
Described state is searched the unit and is configured to verification request in response to client, searches the status related information of being asked in described state storage unit.
11. an e-mail system comprises:
As each device among the claim 1-9; And
E-mail server as claim 10.
12. a method that is used for indicating state of e-mail addressee comprises:
Verification is from least one addressee's of this mail of mail service end status related information before a mail is sent out; And
Show described status related information.
13. the method as claim 12 also comprises: verify described at least one addressee's status related information in local cache, described local cache is used to store described at least one addressee's from the mail service end status related information.
14. the method as claim 12 also comprises: accept the status related information that the user sets, and this information is sent to service end.
15. as each method among the claim 12-14, wherein said status related information comprises one or more in following: usability status, leave time of office, message, standby associated person information.
16. as the method for claim 15, wherein said standby associated person information comprises: at least one standby contact person's addresses of items of mail and responsibility thereof.
17. as the method for claim 12, the step of wherein said show state relevant information comprises: the status related information that shows described at least one addressee with the form that floats.
18. as the method for claim 15, the step of wherein said show state relevant information comprises: show the addressee who is in different usability status with different colours.
19. the method as claim 12 also comprises: resolve user behavior, trigger described verification according to user behavior.
20. as the method for claim 19, wherein said user behavior comprises one or more in the following behavior: before address of the addressee, add special symbol, click particular recipient, click options.
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