Email composition assistance based on out-of-office recipients in distribution lists
AssigneeAirWatch LLC
InventorsSupritha H. Nagesha, Sijo Panthalookaran Poulose, Rwithu Ramesh Menon, Ponnie Rohith, Sachin Vas
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Abstract
When a sender is drafting an email, a system herein can determine whether a user in a distribution list is out-of-office. The email application can identify a distribution list to a server along with a target date, such as a meeting date of an email invite. The server can check an out-of-office status for the contacts associated with the distribution list, and return a notification to the email application. The notification can indicate the number of out-of-office users. It can also indicate which users are out-of-office and suggest dependent users to fill in as alternatives.
Claims20
A method for assisting a user composing a draft email, comprising:
- receiving, at a graphical user interface (“GUI”) of an email client executing on a user device, a selection of a distribution list comprising a plurality of recipients;
- sending, from the user device to a server, an identification of the distribution list, wherein the server determines the plurality of recipients in the distribution list and determines an out-of-office status for each of the plurality of recipients in the distribution list;
- receiving, at the user device from the server, an indication that a first email recipient of the plurality of recipients is out of office;
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- prior to sending the draft email, displaying, at the GUI, a notification associated with the first email recipient.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user device, cause the processor to perform stages for assisting a user composing a draft email, the stages comprising:
- receiving, at a graphical user interface (“GUI”) of an email client executing on the user device, a selection of a distribution list comprising a plurality of recipients;
- sending, from the user device to a server, an identification of the distribution list, wherein the server determines the plurality of recipients in the distribution list and determines an out-of-office status for each of the plurality of recipients in the distribution list;
- receiving, at the user device from the server, an indication that a first email recipient of the plurality of recipients is out of office;
- and
- prior to sending the draft email, displaying, at the GUI, a notification associated with the first email recipient.
A user device executing an email client that assists a user composing a draft email, comprising:
- a memory storage including a non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions;
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- a hardware-based processor that executes the instructions to carry out stages comprising:
- receiving, at a graphical user interface (“GUI”) of the email client, a selection of a distribution list comprising a plurality of recipients;
- sending, from the user device to a server, an identification of the distribution list, wherein the server determines the plurality of recipients in the distribution list and determines an out-of-office status for each of the plurality of recipients in the distribution list;
- receiving, at the user device from the server, an indication that a first email recipient of the plurality of recipients is out of office;
- and
- prior to sending the draft email, displaying, at the GUI, a notification associated with the first email recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.