Microsoft Works to Patent Email.
2005-05-19, HostMan.biz
Software firm Microsoft (microsoft.com) was granted a patent earlier this week for treating addresses as objects for email messages.
In its patent, granted by the US authorities, Microsoft claims if users regard email addresses as objects, it allows the email address to be easily manipulated and transferred into clipboards or other applications. Among other uses of this patent, Microsoft claims the technologies allows email addresses to be added to a contact list.
"Email addresses are treated as objects in the message preview pane and full message windows of both incoming and outgoing email messages. A small icon is added to the text of each address. In a preferred embodiment, the icons will vary depending on the pedigree of the address," the patent, which was filed on October 17, 2000 claims.
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