Automatic status notification
First Claim
1. A status reporting system (SRS) for automatically reporting updated status of a project to an interested party based on status information stored in a status system, the SRS being communicatively coupled to the status system and comprising:
- a monitoring device contacting the status system to determine whether such status system has new status information stored therein and obtaining such new status information from the status system; and
an internal mail device receiving the obtained status information, ascertaining from the received status information the interested party, locating an electronic mail address for the interested party, formatting the received status information into a piece of electronic mail which includes the received status information and the located electronic mail address, and forwarding the piece of electronic mail to the interested party by way of an electronic mail service.
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Abstract
A status reporting system (SRS) automatically reports updated status of a project to an interested party based on status information stored in a status system. The SRS is communicatively coupled to the status system and includes a monitoring device that contacts the status system to determine whether such status system has new status information stored therein and obtains such new status information from the status system. An internal mail device receives the obtained status information, ascertains from the received status information the interested party, locates an electronic mail address for the interested party, formats the received status information into a piece of electronic mail which includes the received status information and the located electronic mail address, and forwards the piece of electronic mail to the interested party by way of an electronic mail service.
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21 Claims
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1. A status reporting system (SRS) for automatically reporting updated status of a project to an interested party based on status information stored in a status system, the SRS being communicatively coupled to the status system and comprising:
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a monitoring device contacting the status system to determine whether such status system has new status information stored therein and obtaining such new status information from the status system; and
an internal mail device receiving the obtained status information, ascertaining from the received status information the interested party, locating an electronic mail address for the interested party, formatting the received status information into a piece of electronic mail which includes the received status information and the located electronic mail address, and forwarding the piece of electronic mail to the interested party by way of an electronic mail service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for automatically reporting updated status of a project to an interested party based on status information stored in a status system, the method comprising:
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contacting the status system to determine whether such status system has new status information stored therein, and obtaining such new status information from the status system;
ascertaining from the obtained status information the interested party;
locating an electronic mail address for the interested party;
formatting the obtained status information into a piece of electronic mail which includes the received status information and the located electronic mail address; and
forwarding the piece of electronic mail to the interested party by way of an electronic mail service. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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