Method for using e-mail documents to create and update address lists
First Claim
1. A method for generating at least one address list from one or more documents located in at least one storage section of at least one computing device, the documents having one or more sections, each section including at least one e-mail address, the method comprising the steps of:
- mapping at least one e-mail address from the one or more documents to the at least one address list, which includes an access control list and a mailing list.
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Abstract
A method for generating address lists from documents, which include e-mail address, stored on a computing device is provided. The method describes mapping at least one e-mail address from the documents to the address list. The mapped address list may be updated by its inclusion as one of the input documents. Duplicate entries can be excluded from the address list and an addressee identifier can be assigning to each e-mail addresses in the mapped address list, by using a mapping table, an address book, or a user assignment. Any user-specified organization of addresses existing in the input documents can be preserved in the mapped address list. The mapping of the e-mail addresses can be performed by applying one or more set-theoretic operations selected from one of union, intersection, and difference.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for generating at least one address list from one or more documents located in at least one storage section of at least one computing device, the documents having one or more sections, each section including at least one e-mail address, the method comprising the steps of:
mapping at least one e-mail address from the one or more documents to the at least one address list, which includes an access control list and a mailing list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for generating at least one address list from documents located in at least one storage section of at least one computing device, the documents having one or more sections, each section including at least one e-mail address, the method comprising the steps of:
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mapping at least one e-mail address from the documents to the at least one address list, which includes at least one of an access control list, a mailing list, an address book entry list, and an instant messaging buddy list; and
preserving a user-specified organization of addresses in the documents in each mapped address list, wherein said user-specified organization of addresses existed among the documents prior to the mapping step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for forming a new set of one or more e-mail addresses in at least one storage section of at least one computing device, the method comprising the steps of:
applying set-theoretic operations on a plurality of existing sets of e-mail addresses, said operations being selected from known set operators. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for generating at least one address list from one or more documents located in at least one storage section of at least one computing device, the documents having one or more sections, each section including at least one e-mail address, the method comprising the steps of:
mapping at least one e-mail address from the one or more documents to the at least one address list, which includes an access control list and a mailing list.
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18. A computer program device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for generating at least one address list from one or more documents located in at least one storage section of at least one computing device, the documents having one or more sections, each section including at least one e-mail address, the method comprising the steps of:
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mapping at least one e-mail address from the one or more documents to the at least one address list, which includes at least one of an access control list, a mailing list, an address book entry list, and an instant messaging buddy list; and
preserving a user-specified organization of addresses in the one or more documents in the mapped at least one address list, wherein said user-specified organization of addresses existed among the one or more documents prior to the mapping step.
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