Method, system, and computer program product for displaying message genealogy

• US 20060036691A1
• Filed: 08/11/2004
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Schultz, Dale M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,761,519 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for displaying message genealogy in the language of the user interface of an email recipient using a normalized set of subject prefix codes. The method comprises: sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has an original subject; sending a normalized code corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient; receiving and decoding at the recipient the normalized code to provide a subject prefix in a language of the user interface of the recipient; and displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the original subject of the email.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a message genealogy of electronic mail (email), comprising:

sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

sending a normalized code corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient;

receiving and decoding at the recipient the normalized code to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the normalized code is sent to the recipient in a header of the email.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email; and

if the normalized code is found in the email header, decoding the normalized code to provide the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email; and

if the normalized code is found in the email header, removing the normalized code from the subject of the email; and

decoding the normalized code to provide the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

a look-up table at the recipient, wherein the look-up table comprises a plurality of subject prefixes in at least one language, and wherein the normalized code is decoded using the look-up table.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

choosing the language in which the subject prefix is displayed at the recipient.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the language of the user interface of the recipient of the email is different than language of a user interface of a sender of the email.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject prefix of the email corresponds to a message type selected from the group consisting of a reply email, a forwarded email, and an original email.

9. A system for displaying a message genealogy of electronic mail (email), comprising:

a system for sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

a system for sending a normalized code corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient;

a system for receiving and decoding at the recipient the normalized code to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

a system for displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the normalized code is sent to the recipient in a header of the email.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a system for examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email and, if the normalized code is found in the email header, for decoding the normalized code to provide the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a look-up table at the recipient, wherein the look-up table comprises a plurality of subject prefixes in at least one language, and wherein the normalized code is decoded using the look-up table.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a system for choosing the language in which the subject prefix is displayed at the recipient.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the language of the user interface of the recipient of the email is different than a language of a user interface of a sender of the email.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the subject prefix of the email corresponds to a message type selected from the group consisting of a reply email, a forwarded email, and an original email.

16. A program product stored on a recordable medium for displaying a message genealogy of electronic mail, which when executed comprises:

program code for sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

program code for sending a normalized code corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient;

program code for receiving and decoding at the recipient the normalized code to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

program code for displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.

17. The program product of claim 16, wherein the normalized code is sent to the recipient in a header of the email.

18. The program product of claim 17, further comprising:

program code for examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email, and, if the normalized code is found in the email header, for decoding the normalized code to provide the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient.

19. The program product of claim 17, further comprising:

program code for examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email and, if the normalized code is found in the email header, for removing the normalized code from the subject of the email and decoding the normalized code to provide the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient.

20. The program product of claim 16, further comprising:

a look-up table at the recipient, wherein the look-up table comprises a plurality of subject prefixes in at least one language, and wherein the normalized code is decoded using the look-up table.

21. The program product of claim 16, further comprising:

program code for choosing the language in which the subject prefix is displayed at the recipient.

22. The program product of claim 16, wherein the language of the user interface of the recipient of the email is different than the language of a user interface of a sender of the email.

23. The program product of claim 16, wherein the subject prefix of the email corresponds to a message type selected from the group consisting of a reply email, a forwarded email, and an original email.

24. A system for deploying an application for displaying a message genealogy of electronic mail, comprising:

a computer infrastructure being operable to;

send an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

send a normalized code corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient;

receive and decode at the recipient the normalized code to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

display the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.

25. Computer software embodied in a propagated signal for displaying a message genealogy of electronic mail, the computer software comprising instructions to cause a computer system to perform the following functions:

send an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

send a normalized code corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient;

receive and decode at the recipient the normalized code to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

display the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.