US 11,671,390 B2
Email widgets
Andrew J. Bingham, Naperville, IL (US); Anastasia Shekhter, South Windsor, CT (US); Gregory J. Richmond, Salem, CT (US); Jenn Van Scoter, Canton, CT (US); Josh R. Slater, Hebron, CT (US); and Alyssa M. Branday, Cromwell, CT (US)
Assigned to THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Hartford, CT (US)
Filed by The Travelers Indemnity Company, Hartford, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,648.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024204 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/02 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 51/10 (2013.01) [H04L 51/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a processing device; and
a memory device in communication with the processing device, the memory device storing instructions that when executed by the processing device result in:
receiving a widget insertion request associated with an email message;
generating a widget suggestion for customizing one or more options of the widget, wherein the widget suggestion is based on a role defined in a profile of a user editing the email message and/or a role defined in a profile of the recipient;
outputting the widget suggestion to a user interface configured to edit the email message;
customizing the one or more options of the widget based on the one or more user selections;
inserting the widget into a body of the email message, the widget providing one or more interactive services to a recipient of the email message based on the one or more options, wherein the widget triggers one or more subsequent interactions between a recipient system and an application or service through a network and passes data from the widget to the application or service absent direct input of the data by the recipient into the application or service; and
sending the email message with the widget to the recipient to allow the recipient to interact with the widget upon receiving the email message.