MECHANISM FOR ASSOCIATING DOCUMENT WITH EMAIL BASED ON RELEVANT CONTEXT
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
- extracting an email context from a current email being accessed by a user, the email context including one or more attributes representing certain characteristics of the current email; and
automatically presenting to the user a related context having a list of one or more documents that are related to the current email based on at least one attribute of the email context, wherein the one or more documents are associated with a prior email having certain characteristics that are similar to those represented by at least one attribute of the email context.
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Abstract
A mechanism for associating a remote document with an email based on user behaviors is described herein. According to one embodiment, an email context is extracted from a current email being accessed by a user, the email context including one or more attributes representing certain characteristics of the current email. A related context having a list of one or more documents is automatically presented that are related to the current email based on at least one attribute of the email context. The one or more documents are associated with a prior email having certain characteristics that are similar to those represented by at least one attribute of the email context. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
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extracting an email context from a current email being accessed by a user, the email context including one or more attributes representing certain characteristics of the current email; and automatically presenting to the user a related context having a list of one or more documents that are related to the current email based on at least one attribute of the email context, wherein the one or more documents are associated with a prior email having certain characteristics that are similar to those represented by at least one attribute of the email context. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:
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extracting an email context from a current email being accessed by a user, the email context including one or more attributes representing certain characteristics of the current email; and automatically presenting to the user a related context having a list of one or more documents that are related to the current email based on at least one attribute of the email context, wherein the one or more documents are associated with a prior email having certain characteristics that are similar to those represented by at least one attribute of the email context. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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automatically extracting a first context from a first email being accessed by a user, the first context including one or more attributes representing certain characteristics of the first email; in response to the user accessing a document while accessing the first email, capturing a user action associated with accessing the document; automatically associating at least one attribute of the first context with the document to create a relationship in view of the captured user action; and storing the relationship in a database, such that when the user subsequently accesses a second email having similar characteristics of the first email, the document can be identified and suggested to the user based on the relationship stored in the database.
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22. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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automatically extracting an email context from a current email displayed in a first window being accessed by a user, the current context including one or more attributes representing certain characteristics of the current email; generating a list of one or more documents that are related to the current email based on the email context, wherein the one or more documents are associated with a prior email having certain characteristics that are similar to those represented by at least one attribute of the email context; and displaying a second window as an email companion window, the email companion window listing the one or more documents that are related to the current email displayed in the first window based on the email context. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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