Deriving contact information from emails
First Claim
1. A method for developing contact information from correspondence such as emails, comprising:
- processing a set of correspondence to develop a database of relationships between directly and indirectly addressed parties provided by one or more users. maintaining the database, on a network in which addressed parties from a plurality of users are combined, by further processing later received correspondence; and
utilizing the database of relationships to provide relationship information between at least one of said users and the addressed parties.
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Abstract
Correspondence, such as emails, is processed to develop a database of relationships between parties addressed on the correspondence including indirectly addressed parties such as those directly addressed in included, forwarded correspondence. The database may be used to determine the contact paths between users and addressed parties including the intermediary contacts required to complete contacts paths to selected addressed parties. Patterns of correspondence, including frequency and recency of correspondence may be detected and displayed. Statistically normal patterns of correspondence may be derived in order to determine if correspondence patterns for selected addressed parties deviate there from.
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1. A method for developing contact information from correspondence such as emails, comprising:
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processing a set of correspondence to develop a database of relationships between directly and indirectly addressed parties provided by one or more users. maintaining the database, on a network in which addressed parties from a plurality of users are combined, by further processing later received correspondence; and
utilizing the database of relationships to provide relationship information between at least one of said users and the addressed parties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for deriving qualitative information related to addressed parties on correspondence such as emails, comprising:
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processing a set of correspondence to develop a database of relationships between addressed parties;
maintaining the database by further processing later received correspondence; and
utilizing the database of relationships to determine patterns of correspondence for addressed parties. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for developing contact information from correspondence such as emails, comprising:
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processing a collection of a user'"'"'s correspondence to develop a database of relationships between said user and parties directly and indirectly addressed in said correspondence;
maintaining the database by further processing later received correspondence; and
utilizing the database of relationships to provide relationship information between said user and the addressed parties. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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