Printing of electronic messages based on keyword matching
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsXiao Liu, Lin-Lin Zhao, Yi Yang
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Abstract
Data of electronic messages are compared to a keyword or keywords. A suggestion to print an electronic message that contains data that matches the keyword may be presented to a user via a user interface. A response to the suggestion may be received from the user via the user interface. Printing of the electronic message that contains data that matches the keyword is initiated to a printer.
Claims15
A computer system comprising:
- a processor;
- a storage coupled to the processor;
- a user interface to receive input from a user and present information to the user in human-perceptible form;
- and
- a set of instructions to cooperate with the processor and the storage to:
- compare data of a plurality of electronic messages to a keyword;
- present to the user via the user interface a suggestion to print an electronic message that contains data that matches the keyword;
- receive from the user via the user interface a response to the suggestion;
- and
- when the response confirms the suggestion to print the electronic message, initiate printing of the electronic message to a printer.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising:
- instructions to compare data of a plurality of electronic messages to a keyword;
- instructions to identify an electronic message that contains data that matches the keyword;
- and
- instructions to initiate printing of the electronic message to a printer.
A method comprising:
- comparing data of a plurality of electronic messages to a plurality of keywords;
- presenting to a user via a user interface a suggestion to print an electronic message that contains data that matches at least one keyword of the plurality of keywords;
- receiving from the user via the user interface a response to the suggestion;
- and
- initiating printing of the electronic message to a printer when the response confirms the suggestion to print the electronic message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.