Leveraging point-in-time knowledge to respond to e-mail
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLIAM HARPUR, PATRICK J. O'SULLIVAN, FRED RAGUILLAT, EDITH H. STERN, BARRY E. WILLNER
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Abstract
Point-in-time actions are leveraged between computers that receive the same asynchronous electronic message. A point-in-time action is performed at a first receiving computer in response to receipt of an asynchronous electronic message. The point-in-time action results in an action alert, which is transmitted to a second receiving computer that also received the asynchronous electronic message.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of leveraging point-in-time actions, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- generating an action alert at a first receiving computer, wherein the action alert is generated in response to a point-in-time action being performed at the first receiving computer, and wherein the point-in-time action is performed in response to receiving an asynchronous electronic message;
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- transmitting the action alert to a second receiving computer that also receives the asynchronous electronic message.
A computer system comprising:
- a central processing unit;
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- a computer readable memory coupled to the central processing unit, wherein the computer readable memory comprises software which, when executed, causes the central processing unit to implement:
- generating an action alert, wherein the action alert is generated in response to a point-in-time action being performed at the computer system, and wherein the point-in-time action is performed in response receiving an asynchronous electronic message;
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- transmitting the action alert to another computer system that also receives the asynchronous electronic message.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium embodied therewith, the computer readable storage medium comprising:
- computer readable program code configured for generating an action alert, wherein the action alert is generated in response to a point-in-time action being performed at a first receiving computer, and wherein the point-in-time action is performed in response receiving an asynchronous electronic message;
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- computer readable program code for transmitting the action alert to a second receiving computer that also receives the asynchronous electronic message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.