Email management and rendering

• US 20070061401A1
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jaramillo, David, Bodin, William, Redman, Jerry, Thorson, Derral
• Granted Patent: US 8,266,220 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]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for email management and rendering, including receiving aggregated email in native form, synthesizing the aggregated native form email into synthesized email, and presenting the synthesized email. Synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email may also include translating aspects of the native form email into text and markup. Synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email may also include identifying attachments to the aggregated native form email and translating aspects of the attachments into text and markup. Presenting the synthesized email also includes identifying a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rules and executing the presentation action.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for email management and rendering, the method comprising:

receiving aggregated email in native form;

synthesizing the aggregated native form email into synthesized email; and

presenting the synthesized email.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprises translating aspects of the native form email into text and markup.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprises identifying attachments to the aggregated native form email and translating aspects of the attachments into text and markup.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email; and

wherein;

synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprises prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics; and

presenting the synthesized email further comprises presenting the prioritized synthesized email.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

receiving email preferences from a user; and

creating prioritization rules in dependence upon the email preferences.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics further comprises creating priority markup representing the priority characteristics and associating the priority markup with the synthesized email.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein associating the priority markup with the synthesized email further comprises:

creating an email priority markup document; and

inserting the priority markup into the email priority markup document.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein presenting the prioritized synthesized email further comprises presenting the prioritized synthesized email in accordance with the priority markup.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein presenting the synthesized email further comprises:

identifying a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rules; and

executing the presentation action.

10. A system for email management and rendering, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

receiving aggregated email in native form;

synthesizing the aggregated native form email into synthesized email; and

presenting the synthesized email.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of translating aspects of the native form email into text and markup.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of identifying attachments to the aggregated native form email and computer program instructions capable of translating aspects of the attachments into text and markup.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email;

prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics; and

presenting the prioritized synthesized email.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

receiving email preferences from a user; and

creating prioritization rules in dependence upon the email preferences.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of creating priority markup representing the priority characteristics and associating the priority markup with the synthesized email.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

creating an email priority markup document; and

inserting the priority markup into the email priority markup document.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of presenting the prioritized synthesized email in accordance with the priority markup.

18. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

identifying a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rules; and

executing the presentation action.

19. A computer program product for data customization for data of disparate data types, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving aggregated email in native form;

computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form email into synthesized email; and

computer program instructions for presenting the synthesized email.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprise computer program instructions for translating aspects of the native form email into text and markup.

21. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprise computer program instructions for identifying attachments to the aggregated native form email and translating aspects of the attachments into text and markup.

22. The computer program product of claim 19 further comprising:

computer program instructions for identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email; and

wherein;

computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprises prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics; and

computer program instructions for presenting the synthesized email further comprises presenting the prioritized synthesized email.

23. The computer program product of claim 22 further comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving email preferences from a user; and

computer program instructions for creating prioritization rules in dependence upon the email preferences.

24. The computer program product of claim 22 wherein computer program instructions for prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics further comprise computer program instructions for creating priority markup representing the priority characteristics and computer program instructions for associating the priority markup with the synthesized email.

25. The computer program product of claim 22 wherein computer program instructions for associating the priority markup with the synthesized email further comprise:

computer program instructions for creating an email priority markup document; and

computer program instructions for inserting the priority markup into the email priority markup document.

26. The computer program product of claim 22 wherein computer program instructions for presenting the prioritized synthesized email further comprise computer program instructions for presenting the prioritized synthesized email in accordance with the priority markup.

27. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein computer program instructions for presenting the synthesized email further comprise:

computer program instructions for identifying a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rules; and

computer program instructions for executing the presentation action.