NAME RESOLUTION IN EMAIL
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an email recipient input name;
determining if the email recipient input name is ambiguous;
if the email recipient input name is ambiguous, comparing one or more employee attributes of a plurality of possible intended email recipients with one or more employee attributes of an email sender to determine a probable intended email recipient.
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Abstract
An email recipient input name is received. It is determined if the email recipient input name is ambiguous. If the email recipient input name is ambiguous, one or more employee attributes of a plurality of possible intended email recipients are compared with one or more employee attributes of an email sender to determine a probable intended email recipient.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an email recipient input name; determining if the email recipient input name is ambiguous; if the email recipient input name is ambiguous, comparing one or more employee attributes of a plurality of possible intended email recipients with one or more employee attributes of an email sender to determine a probable intended email recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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11. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an email recipient input name; determining if the email recipient input name is ambiguous; if the email recipient input name is ambiguous, comparing one or more employee attributes of a plurality of possible intended email recipients with one or more employee attributes of an email sender to determine a probable intended email recipient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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