Method and system to file relayed e-mails
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsKarsten A. Schulz, Simon M. Stebbins, Kim E. Fuller
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Abstract
A method and a system to file relayed e-mails is provided. The method includes receiving an e-mail, the e-mail including addressing information in an e-mail header and an the e-mail body. The e-mail is parsed to obtain the addressing information from the e-mail header and the e-mail body, after which the addressing information is extracted from the parsed e-mail. This formation is stored and used to generate a participant list, which is provided to the user. The user relies on this participant list to file e-mails in e-mail folders associated with a participant that the user selects from the participant list. The participant list is presented to a user to enable the user to select a participant from the participant list.
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A system to file relayed e-mails, the system including:
- a parsing module to parse a relayed e-mail to obtain addressing information from an e-mail header and body, and to extract the addressing information from the parsed relayed e-mail;
- a memory to store the addressing information;
- a participant list module to generate a participant list from the stored addressing information, and to provide the participant list to a user to enable the user to select a participant from the participant list, the participant list generated after the addressing information has been obtained and extracted from the relayed e-mail and including a plurality of participants;
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- a filing module to file the relayed e-mail based on the selected participant,
- the parsing module, the participant list module and the filing module including computer instructions executed by at least one computer processor.
A method to file relayed e-mails, the method including:
- using one or more computer processors for receiving an e-mail, the e-mail including addressing information in an e-mail header and an e-mail body;
- parsing the e-mail to obtain addressing information from the e-mail header and the e-mail body;
- extracting the addressing information from the parsed e-mail;
- storing the addressing information;
- generating a participant list from the extracted addressing information, the participant list including a plurality of participants prioritized according to a predetermined criterion;
- providing the participant list to a user to enable the user to select a participant from the participant list;
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- filing the e-mail based on the selected participant.
A system to file relayed e-mails, the system including:
- parsing means for parsing an e-mail to obtain addressing information from an e-mail header and body, and extracting the addressing information from the parsed e-mail;
- storage means for storing the addressing information;
- information generating means for generating a participant list from the stored addressing information, and providing the participant list to a user to enable the user to select a participant from the participant list, the participant list having a plurality of participants including at least one e-mail sender and one e-mail recipient;
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- filtering means for filing the e-mail based on the selected participant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.