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US 11,115,351 B2Granted
Managing email content in an activity stream
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Scott H. Prager, Joseph A. Russo
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Abstract
Managing email content in an activity stream includes receiving a selection of a number of criteria that indicate content to be presented in an activity stream, retrieving email content based on the number of criteria, and displaying the email content in an activity stream by referencing email data related to the metadata.
Claims20
A method of managing content with an electronic device, comprising:
- receiving a user selection of a number of criteria to distinguish content from a first channel to be presented in a second channel from content from the first channel to be presented in the first channel, wherein:
- the first channel is a separate channel from the second channel;
- and
- the first channel is a different type of communication network than the second channel;
- retrieving, based on satisfaction of the number of criteria, the content from the first channel to be presented in the second channel;
- displaying the content to be presented in the second channel in the second channel by referencing metadata relating to the content, which metadata is passed to the second channel;
- and
- preventing the content to be presented in the second channel from being presented in the first channel, wherein the content remains in the first channel and is not passed to the second channel.
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A method for managing email content in an activity stream with an electronic device, comprising:
- receiving a user selection of content of interest;
- separating, based on the user selection of content of interest, email content that relates to the content of interest from unrelated email content;
- retrieving, when a number of recipients of email content is less than a threshold amount, the email content that relates to the content of interest;
- displaying the email content that relates to the content of interest in the activity stream by referencing metadata relating to the email content, which metadata is passed to the activity stream, wherein the activity stream presents notifications and updates to content selected by a user;
- preventing the email content that relates to the content of interest from being presented in the email network, wherein:
- the email content is retained in the email network;
- and
- the email network is a separate channel from the activity stream and allows users to communicate via email messages;
- retrieving additional content related to a topic of the email content to be displayed in the activity stream;
- and
- displaying the additional content in the activity stream.
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A method for managing email content in an activity stream with an electronic device, comprising:
- receiving a user selection of a number of criteria to distinguish email content to be presented in an activity stream from unrelated email content to be displayed in an email network, wherein:
- the email network allows users to communicate via email messages;
- and
- the activity stream is a separate channel from the email network and presents notifications and updates to content selected by a user;
- retrieving, when a number of recipients of email content is less than a threshold amount and based on satisfaction of the number of criteria the email content to be presented in the activity stream;
- retrieving additional content related to a topic of the email content to be presented in the activity stream;
- and
- retrieving subsequent email content that is at least one of a forward of or reply to the email content that satisfies the number of criteria;
- displaying the email content to be presented in the activity stream in the activity stream by referencing metadata relating to the email content, which metadata is passed to the activity stream;
- displaying in the activity stream, the additional content;
- preventing the email content to be presented in the activity stream from being displayed in the email network, wherein the email content is retained in the email network;
- and
- allowing generation of at least one of a forward of or a reply to the email content in the activity stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.