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US 9,432,319 B2Granted
Method, system and apparatus for automatically generating distribution lists
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsTerrill Mark Dent, Gregory Robertson Bentz
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for automatically generating distribution lists are provided. In response to receiving, using a communication interface of a device comprising a processor and the communication interface, a message comprising a given identifier, a distribution list is automatically generated at the processor, the distribution list comprising at least one network address associated with the message.
Claims14
A device comprising:
- a processor, a memory and a communication interface, the processor configured to:
- receive, using the communication interface, a first message addressed to a first network address and one or more second network addresses, the first network address comprising a special network address for triggering generation of a distribution list comprising the one or more second network addresses, a local part of the first network address comprising a given format that includes:
- a first portion comprising a given identifier identifying the first network address as the special network address, the given identifier being independent of any other network address;
- and a second portion comprising a name of the distribution list;
- in response to receiving the first message:
- automatically generate the distribution list;
- name the distribution list using the name received in the second portion;
- populate the distribution list with the one or more second network addresses, and not the first network address, by extracting the one or more second network addresses as a whole from the first message;
- and, store the distribution list in the memory;
- receive, using the communication interface, a second message addressed to a network address having a local part comprising only the name of the distribution list, the second message comprising text in a body;
- and,
- in response to receiving the second message:
- forward, using the communication interface, the second message to the one or more second network addresses of the distribution list.
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A method comprising:
- at a device comprising a processor, a memory and a communication interface, receiving, using the communication interface, a first message addressed to a first network address and one or more second network addresses, the first network address comprising a special network address for triggering generation of a distribution list comprising the one or more second network addresses, a local part of the first network address comprising a given format that includes:
- a first portion comprising a given identifier identifying the first network address as the special network address, the given identifier being independent of any other network address;
- and a second portion comprising a name of the distribution list;
- in response to receiving the first message:
- automatically generating, at the processor, the distribution list;
- naming, at the processor, the distribution list using the name received in the second portion;
- populating the distribution list with the one or more second network addresses, and not the first network address, by extracting the one or more second network addresses as a whole from the first message;
- and, storing, at the processor, the distribution list in the memory;
- receiving, using the communication interface, a second message addressed to a network address having a local part comprising only the name of the distribution list, the second message comprising text in a body;
- and,
- in response to receiving the second message:
- forwarding, using the communication interface, the second message to the one or more second network addresses of the distribution list.
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A non-transitory computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
- at a device comprising a processor, a memory and a communication interface, receiving, using the communication interface, a first message addressed to a first network address and one or more second network addresses, the first network address comprising a special network address for triggering generation of a distribution list comprising the one or more second network addresses, a local part of the first network address comprising a given format that includes:
- a first portion comprising a given identifier identifying the first network address as the special network address, the given identifier being independent of any other network address;
- and a second portion comprising a name of the distribution list;
- in response to receiving the first message:
- automatically generating, at the processor, the distribution list;
- naming, at the processor, the distribution list using the name received in the second portion;
- populating the distribution list with the one or more second network addresses, and not the first network address, by extracting the one or more second network addresses as a whole from the first message;
- and, storing, at the processor, the distribution list in the memory;
- receiving, using the communication interface, a second message addressed to a network address having a local part comprising only the name of the distribution list, the second message comprising text in a body;
- and,
- in response to receiving the second message:
- forwarding, using the communication interface, the second message to the one or more second network addresses of the distribution list.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.