System and method for routing email messages to appropriate ones of geographically distributed email servers
First Claim
1. A method of routing email messages to an appropriate one of a plurality of distributed email servers for handling by personnel assigned to such appropriate one without requiring human intervention for said routing, the method comprising:
- receiving an email message at a first server;
executing software on said first server to autonomously determine characteristic information of a user having submitted information included in said email message;
executing software on said first server to autonomously select an appropriate one of a plurality of distributed email servers for receipt of said email message based at least in part on said determined characteristic information of said user; and
executing software on said first server to autonomously route said email message to the selected email server.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed which enable email messages to be routed to an email server determined to be appropriate for handling such email messages without requiring human intervention to accomplish such routing. According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for routing email messages to an appropriate one of a plurality of distributed email servers without requiring human intervention for such routing. The method comprises receiving an email message at a first server, and executing software on the first server to autonomously determine characteristic information of a user having submitted information included in the email message. Software executes on the first server to autonomously select an appropriate one of a plurality of distributed email servers for receipt of the email message based at least in part on the determined characteristic information of the user, and the email message is routed to the selected email server.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of routing email messages to an appropriate one of a plurality of distributed email servers for handling by personnel assigned to such appropriate one without requiring human intervention for said routing, the method comprising:
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receiving an email message at a first server;
executing software on said first server to autonomously determine characteristic information of a user having submitted information included in said email message;
executing software on said first server to autonomously select an appropriate one of a plurality of distributed email servers for receipt of said email message based at least in part on said determined characteristic information of said user; and
executing software on said first server to autonomously route said email message to the selected email server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A server for autonomously routing email messages received thereby to an appropriate one of a plurality of geographically distributed email servers for handling by personnel assigned to such appropriate one, the server comprising:
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communicative coupling to a communication network over which an email message is received;
memory storing computer executable software code;
processor for executing said software code to autonomously determine characteristic information of a user having submitted information included in said email message received via said communicative coupling, for executing said software code to autonomously select an appropriate one of a plurality of distributed email servers for receipt of said email message based at least in part on the determined characteristic information of said user, and for executing said software code to autonomously route said email message to the selected email server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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plurality of distributed email servers of an entity communicatively coupled to a communication network;
web server communicatively accessible by at least one processor-based device, said web server executing software thereon to present an interface for said entity to a user accessing said web server via said at least one processor-based device, wherein said interface enables said user to interact therewith to convey information to said entity; and
at least one of said web server and said plurality of geographically distributed email servers executing software to autonomously route information conveyed to said entity from said user as an email message to a selected one of said plurality of distributed email servers determined to be appropriate for handling of said email message. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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