Managing email content in an activity stream
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Scott H. Prager, Joseph A. Russo
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Abstract
Managing email content in an activity stream includes receiving a selection of a number of criteria that indicate content to be presented in an activity stream, retrieving email content based on the number of criteria, and displaying the email content in an activity stream by referencing email data related to the metadata.
Claims20
A method of managing content with an electronic device, comprising:
- receiving a user selection of a number of criteria to distinguish content from a first channel to be presented in a second channel from content from the first channel to be presented in the first channel, wherein:
- the first channel is a separate channel from the second channel;
- and
- the first channel is a different type of communication network;
- retrieving, based on satisfaction of the number of criteria, the content from the first channel to be presented in the second channel;
- displaying the content to be presented in the second channel in the second channel;
- and
- preventing the content to be presented in the second channel from being presented in the first channel.
A method for managing email content in an activity stream with an electronic device, comprising:
- receiving a user selection of content of interest;
- separating, based on the user selection of content of interest, email content that relates to the content of interest from unrelated email content;
- retrieving the email content that relates to the content of interest;
- displaying the email content that relates to the content of interest in the activity stream, wherein the activity stream presents notifications and updates to content selected by a user;
- and
- preventing the email content that relates to the content of interest from being presented in the email network, wherein the email network is a separate channel from the activity stream and allows users to communicate via email messages,
A method for managing email content in an activity stream with an electronic device, comprising:
- receiving a user selection of a number of criteria to distinguish email content to be presented in an activity stream from unrelated email content to be displayed in an email network, wherein:
- the email network allows users to communicate via email messages;
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- the activity stream is a separate channel from the email network and presents notifications and updates to content selected by a user;
- retrieving, based on satisfaction of the number of criteria, the email content to be presented in the activity stream;
- displaying the email content to be presented in the activity stream in the activity stream;
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- preventing the email content to be presented in the activity stream from being displayed in the email network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.