Method and system for alerting a user to time-related communication
First Claim
1. A method for automatically alerting a user to electronic communication related to a scheduled event, comprising:
- scanning an electronic calendar associated with said user to find said scheduled event;
scanning an electronic message inbox associated with said user to find said electronic communication related to said scheduled event;
determining if said user requires notification of said electronic communication; and
alerting said user of said electronic communication.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for automatically alerting a user to electronic communication, such as an email message, that is related to a scheduled event such as an upcoming meeting. The method includes automatically scanning a user'"'"'s calendar for a scheduled event, scanning the user'"'"'s electronic inbox to find email messages related to the scheduled event, determining if the user requires notification of the incoming email and notifying the user of the incoming email by appropriate mechanisms. The method is enabled to determine the urgency of the email and its relative importance to the user by subjecting the email to a set of user-selected rules. These rules can be based on time constraints, relative importance of the scheduled event, or virtually any other criteria that can be assessed by reference to the subject header, body, or sender of the message.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for automatically alerting a user to electronic communication related to a scheduled event, comprising:
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scanning an electronic calendar associated with said user to find said scheduled event;
scanning an electronic message inbox associated with said user to find said electronic communication related to said scheduled event;
determining if said user requires notification of said electronic communication; and
alerting said user of said electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for alerting a recipient of an electronic message to an incoming message associated with a scheduled event, comprising:
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a computer network comprising a plurality of work center computers;
electronic communication between said work center computers in said computer network;
an electronic calendar application and database associated with a user in said network;
an electronic mail application comprising electronic messages;
a means for automatically scanning an electronic message sent to said user;
a means for automatically scanning said electronic calendar database, wherein said means for automatically scanning is for finding scheduled events associated with said electronic message; and
a means for notifying said user of said electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method for user notification comprising:
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scanning a calendar application associated with a user to find a scheduled event;
scanning an electronic message inbox associated with said user to find an electronic communication related to said scheduled event;
determining if said user requires notification of said electronic communication; and
notifying said user of said electronic communication in response to said determining. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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