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US 2017/0374002 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for storing email messages
AssigneeTJ²Z Patent Licensing and Tech Transfer, LLC
InventorsTimothy J. Ziolkowski, Kent L. Baker
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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.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An email storage system comprising:
- one of a local email server and a remote email server configured to transmit and receive emails;
- and
- a processor programmed to:
- identify an email transmitted or received by the email server;
- generate a file name for the email, the file name comprising at least one of a date, a name contained within the email, and at least a portion of the subject line of the email message;
- identify at least one storage location for the email based on characters within the email;
- and
- save the email to the at least one storage location.
5 more elements
An email storage system comprising:
- an email server configured to transmit and receive email messages, the email server comprising one of a remote email server and a local email server;
- and
- a processor programmed to:
- identify an email message transmitted or received by the email server;
- locate an email topic identifier in one of a subject line and a message body of the email message;
- if an email topic identifier is located, match the email topic identifier to unique topic identifiers associated with folders located on a database;
- and
- if the email topic identifier matches one of the unique topic identifiers, save the email message in a folder associated with the matched unique topic identifier.
5 more elements
An email storage system comprising:
- an email server comprising one of a local email server and a remote email server;
- and
- a computer programmed to:
- automatically monitor at least one folder of the email server for an addition of an email thereto;
- upon detecting an email added to the at least one folder, generate a file name for the email, the file name comprising at least one of:
- characters from a subject line of the email;
- a name of at least one recipient or sender of the email;
- a date the email was transmitted;
- and
- a date the email was received;
- and
- save the email at a storage location with the generated file name.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.