Facilitating access to references in communications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJudith H. Bank, Liam Harpur, Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Lin Sun
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing electronic communications is disclosed. One or more processors detect a reference in an electronic communication. The reference points to a resource stored in storage of a data processing system. The one or more processors identify a set of permissions required to access the resource pointed to by the reference in the electronic communication. The one or more processors then perform a set of access-oriented actions associated with the set of permissions.
Claims20
A method for managing electronic communications, the method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more processors, a reference in an electronic communication, the reference pointing to a resource stored in storage of a data processing system;
- identifying, by one or more processors, a set of permissions required to access the resource pointed to by the reference in the electronic communication;
- and
- performing, by one or more processors, a set of access-oriented actions associated with the set of permissions.
An apparatus for managing electronic communications, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors, a memory, and a computer readable storage device;
- first program instructions to detect a reference in an electronic communication, the reference pointing to a resource stored in storage of a data processing system;
- second program instructions to identify a set of permissions required to access the resource pointed to by the reference in the electronic communication;
- and
- third program instructions to perform a set of access-oriented actions associated with the set of permissions, wherein the first program instructions, the second program instructions, and the third program instructions are stored in the computer readable storage device for execution by the one or more processors via the memory.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage device in a data processing system;
- a communications management system running on the data processing system for managing electronic communications;
- program instructions of the communications management system, stored on the computer readable storage device, for detecting a reference in an electronic communication, the reference pointing to a resource stored in storage of a data processing system;
- program instructions of the communications management system, stored on the computer readable storage device, for identifying a set of permissions required to access the resource pointed to by the reference in the electronic communication;
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- program instructions of the communications management system, stored on the computer readable storage device, for performing a set of access-oriented actions associated with the set of permissions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.