公开(公告)号：US06405225B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-11

申请号：US09098778

申请日：1998-06-17

申请人： Darren A. Apfel ,  David M. Buchthal ,  Steve Rayson ,  Andrew G. Carlson ,  Christopher Antos ,  Hai Liu

发明人： Darren A. Apfel ,  David M. Buchthal ,  Steve Rayson ,  Andrew G. Carlson ,  Christopher Antos ,  Hai Liu

IPC分类号： G06F1502

CPC分类号： G06Q10/107 ,  G06F17/24

摘要： An Envelope provides the integration of the functionality of an electronic mail (email) application program and the functionality of a document editor. Users can more easily generate and edit sophisticated documents for email transmission by invoking an Envelope that provides the user with the functions of an email client. A user that is editing a document in a document editor, such as a word processor or spreadsheet application can invoke the Envelope within the user interface of the document editor. The Envelope has its own user interface that is fully functional within the confines of the document editor's user interface to provide the user with the functionality of the email client application program. With the Envelope invoked, the user is enabled to execute many of the email client's functions while still editing the document within the document editor's user interface. Thus, the rich document editing functionality of the document editor is maintained, while the functionality of the email client is simultaneously accessible to the user. Envelope data generated during the editing process is saved with the document and available when the document is next edited or is opened as an email message.

摘要翻译： 信封提供电子邮件（电子邮件）应用程序的功能与文档编辑器的功能的集成。 用户可以通过调用向用户提供电子邮件客户端的功能的Envelope，更轻松地生成和编辑复杂的电子邮件传输文档。 在文档编辑器（例如文字处理器或电子表格应用程序）中编辑文档的用户可以在文档编辑器的用户界面内调用信封。 信封拥有自己的用户界面，在文档编辑器的用户界面的范围内功能齐全，为用户提供了电子邮件客户端应用程序的功能。 在Envelope被调用的情况下，用户可以执行许多电子邮件客户端的功能，同时仍然在文档编辑器的用户界面中编辑文档。 因此，维护文档编辑器的丰富的文档编辑功能，同时可以为用户同时访问电子邮件客户端的功能。 在编辑过程中生成的信封数据与文档一起保存，当文档下一次编辑或作为电子邮件打开时可用。