公开(公告)号：US5734901A

公开(公告)日：1998-03-31

申请号：US534121

申请日：1995-09-26

Applicant: Gursharan S. Sidhu ,  Stephen Fisher ,  Patrick A. Holleran ,  Michael Andrew Cleron

Inventor： Gursharan S. Sidhu ,  Stephen Fisher ,  Patrick A. Holleran ,  Michael Andrew Cleron

IPC: G06Q10/10 ,  G06F13/00

CPC classification number: G06Q10/107

Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for providing the functions of electronic mail in a computer system which is integrated within a display or a window under control of a first application program which does not support electronic mail functionality. A set if mail routines displays a mailer on a first portion of the application program's display with application program data displayed in a second portion of the application program's display. The mail routines allow the user to modify the data in the application program via functionality of the application program and modify the mailer via the functionality of the mail routines. The mail routines further allow the user to perform electronic mail functions provided by the mail routines, wherein the electronic mail functions include using the application program data as content of mail messages processed by the mail routines. The functionality of the mail routines can be provided via an event preprocessor inserted into an event processing loop in the application program, wherein the event preprocessor determines whether events are pertinent to the mail routines. If so, the preprocessor processes the events to provide the electronic mail functionality and allows events which are pertinent to the application program to be processed by the application program.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在计算机系统中提供电子邮件功能的计算机实现的方法和装置，所述计算机系统集成在不支持电子邮件功能的第一应用程序的控制下的显示器或窗口内。 如果邮件例程在应用程序的显示器的第一部分上显示邮件程序，则应用程序显示器的第二部分中显示应用程序数据。 邮件例程允许用户通过应用程序的功能修改应用程序中的数据，并通过邮件程序的功能修改邮件程序。 邮件例程还允许用户执行由邮件程序提供的电子邮件功能，其中电子邮件功能包括使用应用程序数据作为由邮件程序处理的邮件消息的内容。 可以通过插入应用程序中的事件处理循环中的事件预处理器来提供邮件例程的功能，其中事件预处理器确定事件是否与邮件程序相关。 如果是这样，预处理器处理事件以提供电子邮件功能，并允许与应用程序相关的事件由应用程序处理。