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US 10,476,826 B2Granted
Electronic communication management
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLiang Liang Dai, Li Gu, Jing Bo Jiang, Li Jiang, Yang Liu, Xue Ying Zhang
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for enhancing a plurality of electronic communication systems for a plurality of users include, for example, providing data regarding at least one project, and linking the data regarding the at least one project with the plurality of electronic communication systems regarding the plurality of electronic communications for the plurality of users.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing, by one or more processor, data regarding at least one project;
- and
- linking, by the one or more processor, the data regarding the at least one project with a plurality of electronic communication systems, the plurality of electronic communication systems supporting electronic communications for a plurality of users, wherein the providing data regarding at least one project includes providing project data regarding a plurality of different projects, wherein the different projects each comprise project roles, project members, and electronic contact information for the project members, and the linking comprises linking the project roles, project members, and electronic contact information for the project members regarding the at least one project with the plurality of electronic communication systems regarding the plurality of electronic communications for the plurality of users, wherein the plurality of electronic communication systems comprises at least one email message system and at least one instant message system and wherein the method includes in response to an email message being sent and received at a server, categorizing the email message as belonging to a certain one of the plurality of different projects based on an examining of the project data regarding a plurality of different projects and individuals listed in To and From fields, and based on the categorizing marking the email message so that names specified in the email message are displayed with adjacent text that specifies roles associated to the names.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium readable by one or more processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processing unit for performing the method comprising:
- providing data regarding at least one project;
- and
- linking the data regarding the at least one project with a plurality of electronic communication systems, the plurality of electronic communication systems supporting electronic communications for a plurality of users, wherein the providing data regarding at least one project includes providing project data regarding a plurality of different projects, wherein the different projects each comprising project roles, project members, and electronic contact information for the project members, and the linking comprises linking the project roles, project members, and electronic contact information for the project members regarding the at least one project with the plurality of electronic communication systems regarding the plurality of electronic communications for the plurality of users, wherein the plurality of electronic communication systems comprises at least one email message system and at least one instant message system and wherein the method includes in response to an email message being sent and received at a server, categorizing the email message as belonging to a certain one of the plurality of different projects based on an examining of the project data regarding a plurality of different projects and individuals listed in To and From fields, and based on the categorizing marking the email message so that names specified in the email message are displayed with adjacent text that specifies roles associated to the names are displayed with adjacent text that specifies roles associated to the names.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- one or more processor in communication with the memory;
- and
- program instructions executable by the one or more processor via the memory to perform a method for enhancing a plurality of electronic communication systems for a plurality of users, the method comprising:
- providing data regarding at least one project;
- and
- linking the data regarding the at least one project with the plurality of electronic communication systems, the plurality of electronic communication systems supporting electronic communications for the plurality of users, wherein the providing data regarding at least one project includes providing project data regarding a plurality of different projects, wherein the different projects each comprising project roles, project members, and electronic contact information for the project members, and the linking comprises linking the project roles, project members, and electronic contact information for the project members regarding the at least one project with the plurality of electronic communication systems regarding the plurality of electronic communications for the plurality of users, wherein the plurality of electronic communication systems comprises at least one email message system and at least one instant message system and wherein the method includes in response to an email message being sent and received at a server, categorizing the email message as belonging to a certain one of the plurality of different projects based on an examining of the project data regarding a plurality of different projects and individuals listed in To and From fields, and based on the categorizing marking the email message so that names specified in the email message are displayed with adjacent text that specifies roles associated to the names.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.