US Patent:
20070136430, Jun 14, 2007
Inventors:
Imran Qureshi - Milpitas CA, US
Thomas Leung - Seattle WA, US
Pablo Stern - San Francisco CA, US
William Hoffman - Mountain View CA, US
Eliot Gillum - Mountain View CA, US
Omar Shahine - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Schackwitz - Bellevue WA, US
Roberto Figueroa - Kirkland WA, US
Vikram Sardesai - Sunnyvale CA, US
Robin Boyea - Sunnyvale CA, US
Charles Little - Sunnyvale CA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
Abstract:
A delivery confirmation is provided to the sender of an e-mail message. When the e-mail message is composed, a link, such as a hyperlink, is inserted into the e-mail message, such as in the body or header. The link can include information such as a message identifier and identifiers of the sender and the recipient, which are provided as a query string of the link, while a host field of the link includes the address of an e-mail/web server. When the recipient receives the e-mail message and opens it, the link is displayed along with text that instructs the user to use the link to confirm delivery. The confirmation can include displaying indicia for the e-mail message in a folder view on an interface of the sender, or sending a confirmation e-mail message to the sender, for instance. Voting by e-mail can also be provided.