Hierarchical org-chart based email mailing list maintenance
First Claim
1. A method of email messaging using mailing lists comprising the steps of:
- receiving information relating to an organizational hierarchy;
extracting from the received information at least identifiers of members of the organizational hierarchy, information relating to positions of the members in the organizational hierarchy, and information relating to email addresses of the members; and
generating a plurality of mailing lists based on the extracted information.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system, method, and computer program product that provides the capability by which changes in an organization can be automatically reflected in the organization'"'"'s mailing lists and access lists. The email messaging system comprises a mailing list generator operable to receive information relating to an organizational hierarchy and generate from the received information a plurality of mailing lists, at least some of the mailing lists relating to a member of the organizational hierarchy to whom at one other member of the organizational hierarchy reports and an archiver/forwarder operable to receive an email message including an address identifying at least one of the plurality of mailing lists, access the mailing list to obtain email addresses for members of the mailing list, and send the email message to the obtained email addresses.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of email messaging using mailing lists comprising the steps of:
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receiving information relating to an organizational hierarchy;
extracting from the received information at least identifiers of members of the organizational hierarchy, information relating to positions of the members in the organizational hierarchy, and information relating to email addresses of the members; and
generating a plurality of mailing lists based on the extracted information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An email messaging system comprising:
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a mailing list generator operable to receive information relating to an organizational hierarchy and generate from the received information a plurality of mailing lists, at least some of the mailing lists relating to a member of the organizational hierarchy to whom at one other member of the organizational hierarchy reports; and
an archiver/forwarder operable to receive an email message including an address identifying at least one of the plurality of mailing lists, access the mailing list to obtain email addresses for members of the mailing list, and send the email message to the obtained email addresses. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for performing email messaging using mailing lists, comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
computer program instructions, recorded on the computer readable medium, executable by a processor, for performing the steps of receiving information relating to an organizational hierarchy;
extracting from the received information at least identifiers of members of the organizational hierarchy, information relating to positions of the members in the organizational hierarchy, and information relating to email addresses of the members; and
generating a plurality of mailing lists based on the extracted information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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