METHOD TO FACILITATE SENDER NOTIFICATION OF OUT-OF-OFFICE STATUS OF E-MAIL ADDRESSEE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- recording a receipt of a notification from a first electronic address, said notification received in response to a first electronic communication from a sender electronic address to the first electronic address;
during subsequent composition of a new electronic communication, comparing a target electronic address of each addressee with the first electronic address; and
when the target electronic address matches the first electronic address, automatically outputting a notification reminder, which serves as a reminder of the previous receipt of the notification when the first electronic communication was sent to that target electronic address.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for providing an out-of-office notification reminder to a user composing and sending emails from an email account is presented. In particular, an Out-of-Office utility provides a notification reminder to an email sender if the sender composes an email to an out-of-office recipient from whom the sender had previously received an automated out-of-office reply. When an automated out-of-office reply is initially received by a sender, the Out-of-Office utility allows the email software to capture and store the out-of-office notification data (e.g., sender and recipient e-mail Identifiers (IDs), email recipient'"'"'s out-of-office dates, and notification message). When the sender types in an e-mail ID while composing an email message, the e-mail program scans an up-to-date (current) file of previously received out-of-office information. If there is an email ID match, the e-mail software displays a pop-up window alerting and notifying the sender of the previously received message.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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recording a receipt of a notification from a first electronic address, said notification received in response to a first electronic communication from a sender electronic address to the first electronic address; during subsequent composition of a new electronic communication, comparing a target electronic address of each addressee with the first electronic address; and when the target electronic address matches the first electronic address, automatically outputting a notification reminder, which serves as a reminder of the previous receipt of the notification when the first electronic communication was sent to that target electronic address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor; an electronic communication engine that enables transmitting and receiving electronic messages using electronic addresses; a utility associated with the electronic communication engine having program means for performing the functions of; recording a receipt of a notification from a first electronic address, said notification received in response to a first electronic communication from a sender electronic address to the first electronic address; during subsequent composition of a new electronic communication, comparing a target electronic address of each addressee with the first electronic address; and when the target electronic address matches the first electronic address, automatically outputting a notification reminder, which serves as a reminder of the previous receipt of the notification when the first electronic communication was sent to that target electronic address. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and program instructions on the computer readable medium that when executed performs the functions of; recording a receipt of a notification from a first electronic address, said notification received in response to a first electronic communication from a sender electronic address to the first electronic address; during subsequent composition of a new electronic communication, comparing a target electronic address of each addressee with the first electronic address; and when the target electronic address matches the first electronic address, automatically outputting a notification reminder, which serves as a reminder of the previous receipt of the notification when the first electronic communication was sent to that target electronic address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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