Establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses in an e-mail
First Claim
1. A method for establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses in a message received or sent using a pre-selected communication method by an electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- receiving or sending said message containing addresses of a group of multiple users by said electronic device, wherein said addresses of said multiple users are used for delivering said message using said pre-selected communication method to said multiple users;
creating by said electronic device group-data for said ad-hoc group of users out of said group of said multiple users with said addresses contained in said message, wherein a number of said users is equal or less than the number of said multiple users, wherein said group-data contains parameters for each of said users for applying at least one further communication method, different from said pre-selected communication method, for communicating of said electronic device with at least one of said each of said users using at least one of said parameters, said parameters being different than said addresses.
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Abstract
This invention describes a method for establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses of users in a message (e.g., an e-mail) received or sent using a pre-selected communication method (e.g., an e-mail communication) by an electronic device. Any recipient or a sender of the e-mail message can use the e-mail addresses in the message in order to establish a permanent (stored in the device) or a temporary (used immediately in a context of another communication application) ad-hoc group. The user may select all or only a part of the people (other users) into the ad-hoc group. The group-data can have several types of addresses of users such as phone numbers, SIP addresses, wireless village IDs, etc. needed in conjunction with desired applications. Creating the ad-hoc group from the e-mail message can utilize information that already exists in the electronic device and, if needed, acquired additional information from a remote service.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses in a message received or sent using a pre-selected communication method by an electronic device, comprising the steps of:
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receiving or sending said message containing addresses of a group of multiple users by said electronic device, wherein said addresses of said multiple users are used for delivering said message using said pre-selected communication method to said multiple users;
creating by said electronic device group-data for said ad-hoc group of users out of said group of said multiple users with said addresses contained in said message, wherein a number of said users is equal or less than the number of said multiple users, wherein said group-data contains parameters for each of said users for applying at least one further communication method, different from said pre-selected communication method, for communicating of said electronic device with at least one of said each of said users using at least one of said parameters, said parameters being different than said addresses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic device capable of establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses in a message received or sent using a pre-selected communication method by said electronic device, comprising:
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a receiving/sending module, for receiving or sending said message containing addresses of a group of multiple users by said electronic device, wherein said addresses of said multiple users are used for delivering said message using said pre-selected communication method to said multiple users;
a message control module, for creating group-data for said ad-hoc group of users out of said group of said multiple users with said addresses contained in said message, wherein a number of said users is equal or less than the number of said multiple users, wherein said group-data contains parameters for each of said users for applying at least one further communication method, different from said pre-selected communication method, for communicating of said electronic device with at least one of said each of said users using at least one of said parameters, said parameters being different than said addresses. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system capable of sending and receiving a message between multiple users using a pre-selected communication method, wherein said message is sent from one of said multiple users to other multiple users from said multiple users and wherein each of said multiple users for facilitating said sending or said receiving utilizes an electronic device capable of establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses in said message received or sent using said pre-selected communication method by said electronic device, and wherein said electronic device comprises:
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a receiving/sending module, for receiving or sending said message containing addresses of a group of said multiple users by said electronic device, wherein said addresses of said multiple users are used for delivering said message using said pre-selected communication method to said multiple users;
a message control module, for creating group-data for said ad-hoc group of users out of said group of said multiple users with said addresses contained in said message, wherein a number of said users is equal or less than the number of said multiple users, wherein said group-data contains parameters for each of said users for applying at least one further communication method different from said pre-selected communication method for communicating of said electronic device with at least one of said each of said users using at least one of said parameters, said parameters being different than said addresses.
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