SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE

• US 20070094338A1
• Filed: 08/08/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kirkham, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US11/463,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094338A1
• 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 system for transmitting an electronic message, wherein the electronic message is generated by a first entity utilizing an electronic messaging application, the system comprising: an input detector for detecting a first input to the electronic message from the first entity, wherein the first input is associated with a first address of a second entity; a weight component for determining first weight data associated with the first input; and an instruction generator, for generating an instruction associated with transmission of the electronic message to the second entity in accordance with the first weight data.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting an electronic message, wherein the electronic message is generated by a first entity utilizing an electronic messaging application, the system comprising:

an input detector for detecting a first input to the electronic message from the first entity, wherein the first input is associated with a first address of a second entity;

a weight component for determining first weight data associated with the first input; and

an instruction generator, for generating an instruction associated with transmission of the electronic message to the second entity in accordance with the first weight data.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, in which the instruction is associated with the first address.

3. A system as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a comparator for comparing the first input with a storage component comprising data in order to derive a second input associated with a second address of a third entity.

4. A system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the comparator matches the first input to the data.

5. A system as claimed in claim 4 wherein the weight component determines second weight data associated with the second input.

6. A system as claimed in claim 5, in which the instruction generator ranks the first weight data and the second weight data in order to select one of the first weight data and the second weight data.

7. A system as claimed in claim 6, in which the instruction generator generates the instruction in accordance with the selected weight data.

8. A system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the instruction generator transmits the instruction to the electronic messaging application.

9. A system as claimed in any of claims 1-8 in which the instruction generator compares at least one of the first weight data and the second weight data with a threshold in order to generate the instruction.

10. A method for transmitting an electronic message, wherein the electronic message is generated by a first entity utilizing an electronic messaging application, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a first input to the electronic message from the first entity, wherein the first input is associated with a first address of a second entity;

determining first weight data associated with the first input; and

generating an instruction associated with transmission of the electronic message to the second entity in accordance with the first weight data.

11. A method as claimed in claim 10, in which the instruction is associated with the first address.

12. A method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising the step of:

comparing the first input with a storage component comprising data in order to derive a second input associated with a second address of a third entity.

13. A method as claimed in claim 12, in which the comparing step further comprises the step of:

matching the first input to the data.

14. A method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising the step of:

determining second weight data associated with the second input.

15. A method as claimed in claim 14 further comprising the step of ranking the first weight data and the second weight data in order to select one of the first weight data and the second weight data.

16. A method as claimed in claim 15, in which the instruction is generated in accordance with the selected weight data.

17. A method as claimed in claim 16 further comprising the step of transmitting the instruction to the electronic messaging application.

18. A method as claimed in any of claims 10 to 17 further comprising the step of comparing at least one of:

the first weight data and the second weight data with a threshold, in order to generate the instruction.

19. A computer program product comprising computer usable media embodying computer program code that, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to control transmission of an electronic message generated by a first entity utilizing an electronic messaging application, by:

detecting a first input to the electronic message from the first entity, wherein the first input is associated with a first address of a second entity;

determining first weight data associated with the first input; and

generating an instruction associated with transmission of the electronic message to the second entity in accordance with the first weight data.