Method and apparatus for storing email messages
AssigneeTJ²Z Patent Licensing and Tech Transfer, LLC
InventorsKent L. Baker, Timothy J. Ziolkowski
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Abstract
A method for saving an email to an electronic storage location is disclosed. A topic identifier located in the email is used to locate a storage location on the electronic storage device for saving the email message. Emails relating to the same topics of interest may be stored in the same storage location.
Claims22
A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for saving an email to an associated project folder on a database, the computer program comprising instructions that cause a processor to:
- prompt a user to save an email upon at least one of:
- transmission of an outgoing email;
- and
- receipt of an incoming email;
- and
- generate a file name for the email to be saved, the file name having at least:
- a subject field pre-populated with text from a subject line of the email;
- a user name field pre-populated with a name of at least one recipient or sender of the email;
- and
- a date field pre-populated with one of a date the email was transmitted and a date the email was received.
A method of saving an email comprising:
- using a computer processor to locate a topic identifier in at least one of the subject line and the body of the email;
- determining a storage location for the email based on the topic identifier;
- automatically generating a file name for the email using at least one of a name of a sender or recipient of the email, a date the email was sent or received, and a subject line of the email;
- and
- automatically saving the email in the storage location with the generated file name.
A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- generate an email file containing information from an email;
- automatically select a storage location for the email file based on identifying text contained within one of a subject line and a message body of the email;
- automatically generate a file name for the email file, the file name comprising at least one of a date, a name of one of an email recipient and an email sender, and the subject line of the email;
- and
- automatically save the email file to the storage location under the generated file name.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.