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An electronic mail object on a data processing system contains a request that the recipient perform an action. In addition, the electronic mail object contains an action or command for carrying out the request. Upon receipt of the electronic mail object, the recipient can carry out the request by se

An electronic mail object on a data processing system contains a request that the recipient perform an action. In addition, the electronic mail object contains an action or command for carrying out the request. Upon receipt of the electronic mail object, the recipient can carry out the request by selecting the action. The action is marked by starting and ending markers so that it can be isolated and extracted from the electronic mail object. Once extracted, the action is executed on the data processing system. In addition, the recipient can establish criteria for evaluating whether the selected command should be executed.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] A computer implemented method of communicating an electronic mail object in a data processing system, comprising the steps of:a) providing said electronic mail object, which electronic mail object contains a message for a human user, and embedding within said electronic mail object

[ We claim:] [1.] A computer implemented method of communicating an electronic mail object in a data processing system, comprising the steps of:a) providing said electronic mail object, which electronic mail object contains a message for a human user, and embedding within said electronic mail object a command for directing said data processing system to implement an action, said embedding occurring by use of an input device on said data processing system;b) distributing said electronic mail object with said embedded command from a first user interface on said data processing system to a second user interface on said data processing system and presenting said electronic mail object with said embedded command on said second user interface to a recipient user.