Method and system for automatic distribution addressing
AssigneeMCI Communication Corporation
InventorWilliam J. Johnson
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Abstract
A system and method for automatic addressing of distributions. The system receives distributions, such as phone calls, phone messages, E-mail messages, soft facsimiles, print jobs, and pages, historically maintains a set of information, such as addressing information associated with senders of the distributions. The set of address information includes the sender's name, E-mail address, phone number, fax number, pager number, LAN address, or the like. The system permits the recipient of an inbound distribution to automatically address an outbound distribution to a previous sender of the inbound distribution by invocation of hot keys, or by use of a query manager. The system also permits the recipient to paste information about the sender directly into arbitrary applications on his computer.
Claims17
A method for addressing an outbound distribution, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an inbound distribution in a telephone system, wherein said distribution includes a source identifier associated with a sender of said distribution;
- determining by said telephone system said source identifier corresponding to the sender of said inbound distribution;
- accessing information about said sender automatically in response to determining said source identifier wherein said information includes a distribution address;
- and
- automatically addressing an outbound distribution using said distribution address,
- wherein said inbound distribution and said outbound distribution are not of the same type.
A system for automatic retrieval of distribution information, comprising:
- an address book database;
- a historical distribution correlator, wherein said correlator:
- determines an identifier (ID) corresponding to a sender of a distribution to a recipient;
- accesses information about said sender from said address book database using said ID wherein said information includes a distribution address;
- displays said information;
- and
- automatically addressing an outbound distribution using said distribution address, wherein said outbound distribution is not the same type as said inbound distribution.
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