Federation of email
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPatrick J. O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Edith H. Stern, Barry E. Willner
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Abstract
A method of federating electronic mail (e-mail). A request can be received from a first user to view at least one e-mail of a second user, the request including at least one identifier corresponding to the second user and a criteria indicating a subject matter of the e-mail. The method further can include verifying whether the first user is authorized to access the e-mail of the second user that satisfies the criteria. Responsive to determining that the first user is authorized to view the e-mail of the second user that satisfies the criteria, the first user can be provided access to view the at least one e-mail that satisfies the criteria.
Claims18
A method of federating electronic mail (e-mail), the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a first user to view at least one e-mail of a second user, the request comprising at least one identifier corresponding to the second user and an e-mail selection criteria;
- determining, by a processor of an e-mail server or an e-mail client, whether the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria, wherein determining whether the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria comprises applying image processing to an attachment to the e-mail to identify at least one feature of the attachment and determining whether the feature of the attachment satisfies the e-mail selection criteria;
- verifying, by the e-mail server or the e-mail client, whether the first user is authorized to access the e-mail of the second user that satisfies the e-mail selection criteria;
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- responsive to determining that the first user is authorized to view the e-mail of the second user and that the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria, using the processor, providing to the first user access to view the e-mail that satisfies the e-mail selection criteria.
A system that federates electronic mail (e-mail), the system comprising:
- a processor that:
- receives a request from a first user to view at least one e-mail of a second user, the request comprising at least one identifier corresponding to the second user and a criteria indicating an e-mail selection criteria;
- determines whether the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria, wherein determining whether the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria comprises applying image processing to an attachment to the e-mail to identify at least one feature of the attachment and determining whether the feature of the attachment satisfies the e-mail selection criteria;
- verifies whether the first user is authorized to access the e-mail of the second user that satisfies the e-mail selection criteria;
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- responsive to determining that the first user is authorized to view the e-mail of the second user and that the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria, provides to the first user access to view the e-mail that satisfies the e-mail selection criteria.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage device, wherein the computer readable storage device is not a transitory, propagating signal per se, having stored thereon computer readable program code that, when executed by a system comprising a processor and a memory, federates electronic mail (e-mail), the computer readable storage device comprising:
- computer readable program code that receives a request from a first user to view at least one e-mail of a second user, the request comprising at least one identifier corresponding to the second user and an e-mail selection criteria;
- computer readable program code that determines whether the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria, wherein determining whether the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria comprises applying image processing to an attachment to the e-mail to identify at least one feature of the attachment and determining whether the feature of the attachment satisfies the e-mail selection criteria;
- computer readable program code that verifies, by an e-mail server or an e-mail client, whether the first user is authorized to access the e-mail of the second user that satisfies the e-mail selection criteria;
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- computer readable program code that, responsive to determining that the first user is authorized to view the e-mail of the second user and that the e-mail satisfies the e-mail selection criteria, provides to the first user access to view the e-mail that satisfies the e-mail selection criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.