SEAMLESS ELECTRONIC MAIL CAPTURE WITH USER AWARENESS AND CONSENT
First Claim
1. A method of indicating to one or more participant of an electronic communication that a copy of the electronic communication is being stored comprising:
- (a) analyzing the electronic communication to determine one or more designated groups of users;
(b) storing a copy of the electronic communication onto a storage device, wherein the stored copy is available to the one or more designated groups of users; and
(c) automatically modifying the electronic communication, wherein the modification indicates to the one or more participant that the copy of the electronic communication is stored.
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Abstract
The present invention provides employees and/or associates the opportunity to share corporate knowledge via the storage of electronic message (email) with user awareness and consent features. In various embodiments of the invention, awareness and consent over email sharing is provided via automated message modification and message generation. In one embodiment of the invention, the granted sharing permissions are communicated to all original message recipients and authors to enhance awareness of sharing decisions made by individual employees. All employees who are allowed to access the shared content according to the sharing privileges can subsequently find or discover content via full-text searches or other means, such as content-based recommendations.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of indicating to one or more participant of an electronic communication that a copy of the electronic communication is being stored comprising:
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(a) analyzing the electronic communication to determine one or more designated groups of users; (b) storing a copy of the electronic communication onto a storage device, wherein the stored copy is available to the one or more designated groups of users; and (c) automatically modifying the electronic communication, wherein the modification indicates to the one or more participant that the copy of the electronic communication is stored. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of indicating to one or both of one or more participant and one or more contributor that an electronic communication is being stored comprising:
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(a) analyzing the electronic communication to determine one or more designated groups of users; (b) storing a copy of the electronic communication onto a storage device, wherein the stored copy is available to the one or more designated groups of users; and (c) automatically analyzing the electronic communication to identify one or both of one or more participant and one or more contributor; and (d) automatically notifying the one or both of one or more identified participant and one or more identified contributor that a copy of the electronic communication is being stored. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system or apparatus for storing an electronic communication and notifying one or both of one or more identified participant and one or more identified contributor of the electronic communication of the storage comprising:
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a) one or more processors capable of specifying one or more sets of parameters;
capable of transferring the one or more sets of parameters to a source code;
capable of compiling the source code into a series of tasks for automatically sending a notification and storing the electronic communication; andb) a machine readable medium including operations stored thereon that when processed by one or more processors cause a system to perform the steps of specifying one or more sets of parameters;
transferring one or more sets of parameters to a source code;
compiling the source code into a series of tasks for automatically sending a notification and storing the electronic communication.
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