SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RESPONDING TO A MESSAGE SENT TO A USER AT AN EMAIL SERVER
First Claim
1. A method at an email server for automatically responding to an email message sent to a recipient comprising:
- receiving the email message from a sender subsequent to receiving the enable communication;
determining at least one personal identifier of the sender of the message;
populating an auto-reply message with the at least one personal identifier; and
sending the auto-reply message to the sender of the message.
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Abstract
A system and methods for adding a personal touch to auto-reply email messages is presented herein. The system and method involve a user enabling a personalized auto-reply feature in their email client, the email client communicating such enablement to a related email server, the email server receiving an email message for the user, the email server determining personal identifier of the sender of the email message and the email server sending a personalized auto-reply using the determined personal identifier to compose and send an auto-reply with a personal touch. The email server may determine the personal identifier through searching one of the user'"'"'s address book or a global address list for an address entry having the reply address found in the received message'"'"'s header or the email server may search the body of the received email message to determine personal identifier.
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19 Claims
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1. A method at an email server for automatically responding to an email message sent to a recipient comprising:
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receiving the email message from a sender subsequent to receiving the enable communication; determining at least one personal identifier of the sender of the message; populating an auto-reply message with the at least one personal identifier; and sending the auto-reply message to the sender of the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An email server capable of automatically responding to an email message sent to a recipient comprising:
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a receiving module adapted to receive the message from a sender; a determining module adapted to determine at least one personal identifier of the sender of the message; a populating module adapted to populate an auto-reply message with the at least one personal identifier; and a sending module adapted to send the auto-reply message to the sender of the message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for setting an automatic response to a message sent to a user in a personalized manner comprising:
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accessing an automatic response setup application, the application having a personalize option; enabling the personalize option within the setup application; confirming the enablement; and sending a message representative of the enabling in response to the confirming. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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