Systems and methods for managing email
First Claim
1. A method for managing email content, comprising the steps of:
- electronically monitoring network email for email content;
automatically extracting the content; and
loading the content to a graphics database accessible from the network.
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Abstract
The invention provides for systematic email induction. Email is automatically scanned for email content. The content is then extracted and automatically loaded to a graphics database accessible from a network. The graphics database may for example be a FileNet repository. “Content” may include the written text of the email, graphic image attachments, electronic documents, and other file types. Preferably, content is associated with certain business tasks to facilitate future use of the content within automated workflow processes. Content is preferably stored within the graphics database as one or more single page TIFF files to memorialize the content for later use with the workflow processes.
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46 Claims
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1. A method for managing email content, comprising the steps of:
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electronically monitoring network email for email content;
automatically extracting the content; and
loading the content to a graphics database accessible from the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for managing email content of a network, comprising:
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an email server configured to monitor incoming email of the network; and
an email induction server having application software for (a) extracting content from the email, (b) converting the content to a graphics image, and (c) loading converted email content to a graphics database accessible from the network. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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- 42. In an email system of the type that processes email for a network, the improvement comprising application software configured with the network for converting email content to graphic images and for storing the graphic images into a graphics database accessible from the network.
- 44. A process for memorializing email content, comprising communicating email from a computer to an email server, converting content of the email to one or more graphic images for storage within a graphics database in response to receiving the email at the server, and automatically communicating acknowledgment to the server that the content is graphically memorialized.
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