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US 2018/0004967 A1Published application
Adding group email alias to email list
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYogesh S. Gawali, Shashank D. Kharche, Chee Hoe Quek, Wei Chen Sun
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Abstract
With dynamically and drastically changing work culture, it is difficult to keep track of group email IDs of various teams in an organization. The present invention provides a method of adding group email aliases to a list of email recipients by typing one member's email ID of the group email aliases. The association information between a team member's email ID and a corresponding group email alias is stored in a central database and is identified during adding the team member's email ID to an email recipient list.
Claims1
A method comprising:
- searching a database to locate a set of group email aliases associated with a user;
- associating an email identification (ID) of the user with the set of group email aliases;
- defining a primary group email alias for the email ID;
- searching the database to locate a set of roles that apply to the user;
- defining the set of roles for the user, each role of the set of roles respectively corresponding to an alias of the set of group email aliases;
- adding the email ID to an email recipient list;
- responsive to the email ID being activated, displaying the set of roles;
- receiving a selection of a preferred role from the set of roles;
- responsive to the preferred role being activated, displaying the set of group email aliases;
- receiving a selection of a preferred group email alias from the set of group email aliases;
- and
- responsive to receiving the selection of the preferred group, adding the preferred group email alias to the email recipient list;
- wherein:
- the set of roles includes one or more of the following:
- (i) a member;
- (ii) an administrator;
- (iii) an owner;
- and (iv) a moderator;
- the email ID being activated includes receiving a selection of the email ID;
- and
- the preferred role being activated includes receiving a selection of the preferred role.
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