Enhancing Collaboration Opportunities for a Reply to an Electronic Message
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing collaboration opportunities for a reply to an electronic message previously sent to two or more messaging clients, said method comprising:
- receiving a first notice from a first messaging client to which said message was previously sent that a first user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message;
receiving a second notice from a second messaging client to which said message was previously sent that a second user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message;
sending a third notice to at least one of the first and second users that another user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message.
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Abstract
It is not unusual for an e-mail message to request replies from multiple addressees. To enhance the opportunities for collaborations on a reply to the e-mail message, each of the messaging servers supporting the addressees maintains a message record identifying each addressee that signals he has begun working on a reply. When the message record indicate that at least two addressees are working on a reply, a notice that multiple addressees are concurrently working on a reply is immediately sent to each of the addressees, creating a collaboration opportunities for the addressees. The notice may take the form of a system-generated instant message.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing collaboration opportunities for a reply to an electronic message previously sent to two or more messaging clients, said method comprising:
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receiving a first notice from a first messaging client to which said message was previously sent that a first user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message; receiving a second notice from a second messaging client to which said message was previously sent that a second user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message; sending a third notice to at least one of the first and second users that another user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product for enhancing collaboration opportunities for a reply to an electronic message previously sent to two or more messaging clients, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, said computer usable program code comprising:
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computer usable program code configured to receive a first notice from a first messaging client to which said message was previously sent that a first user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message; computer usable program code configured to receive a second notice from a second messaging client to which said message was previously sent that a second user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message; computer usable program code configured to send a third notice to at least one of the first and second users that another user has initiated preparation of a reply to said message. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A messaging server for enhancing collaboration opportunities for a reply to an electronic message previously sent to two or more messaging clients, said messaging server comprising:
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a receiver component for receiving notices from two or more messaging clients that users of said clients have initiated preparation of a reply to said previously sent message; and a notification component for sending a notice to a least one of said messaging client that a user of another messaging client has initiated preparation of a reply to said previously sent message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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