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US 10,122,667 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for storing email messages
AssigneeTJ²Z Patent Licensing and Tech Transfer, LLC
InventorsTimothy J. Ziolkowski, Kent L. Baker
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Abstract
A method for saving an email to an electronic storage location is disclosed. A topic identifier located in the email is used to locate a storage location on the electronic storage device for saving the email message. Emails relating to the same topics of interest may be stored in the same storage location.
Claims20
An email storage system comprising:
- one of a local email server and a remote email server configured to transmit and receive emails;
- and
- a processor programmed to:
- identify an email transmitted or received by the email server;
- generate a file name for the email, the file name comprising at least one of a date, a name contained within the email, and at least a portion of the subject line of the email message;
- identify at least one storage location for the email based on characters within the email;
- and
- save the email to the at least one storage location.
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An email storage system comprising:
- an email server configured to transmit and receive email messages, the email server comprising one of a remote email server and a local email server;
- and
- a processor programmed to:
- identify an email message transmitted or received by the email server;
- locate an email topic identifier in one of a subject line and a message body of the email message;
- if an email topic identifier is located, match the email topic identifier to unique topic identifiers associated with folders located on a database;
- and
- if the email topic identifier matches one of the unique topic identifiers, save the email message in a folder associated with the matched unique topic identifier.
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An email storage system comprising:
- an email server comprising one of a local email server and a remote email server;
- and
- a computer programmed to:
- automatically monitor at least one folder of the email server for an addition of an email thereto;
- upon detecting an email added to the at least one folder, generate a file name for the email, the file name comprising at least one of:
- characters from a subject line of the email;
- a name of at least one recipient or sender of the email;
- a date the email was transmitted;
- and
- a date the email was received;
- and
- save the email at a storage location with the generated file name.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.