TEXT CONTENT SENSITIVE NON-TEXT CHECKER

• US 20120096022A1
• Filed: 10/19/2010
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Anderson, Brent, Rankin, Jed
• Application Number:
  US12/907,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096022A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A document reminder system comprising a data base for storing a predetermined word or sequence of words; a system for scanning displayed content text for said predetermined word or sequence of words and a non text document identified by said word or sequence of words; a module for comparing said displayed content text as it is scanned for a match with said stored predetermined word or sequence of words; a module coupled to a data base of non text content to search for said identified non text document; and a generating module for selectively generating an indicator in the event the non text content is located.

Claims

1. A document reminder system comprising:

a memory for storing a predetermined word or sequence of words;

a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the reminder system is capable of performing a method comprising;

storing a predetermined word or sequence of words in said memory;

scanning displayed content text for said predetermined word or sequence of words and a non text document identified by said word or sequence of words;

comparing said displayed content text as it is scanned for a match with said stored predetermined word or sequence of words;

searching a data base of non text content to for said identified non text document; and

selectively generating an indicator in the event the non text content is located.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said displayed content text comprises content text in the body of an e-mail message, text message or instant message.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said generated indicator comprises text that is underscored and/or bold.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein no indicator is generated when said non-text content is not located.

5. The system of claim 3 further comprising generating text that is underscored and/or bold upon locating said identified non text document.

6. The system of claim 5 further comprising ending generating text that is underscored and/or bold when said identified non text document is attached to said e-mail.

7. The system of claim 5 further comprising preventing, by a server device coupled to said system, the sending of said e-mail while said text is underscored and/or bold.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said generated indicator further comprises a to do list.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said generated indicator further comprises a calendar entry as a reminder to do a follow up activity.

10. A document reminder method comprising:

storing a predetermined word or sequence of words in a data base;

scanning displayed content text for said predetermined word or sequence of words and a non text document identified by said word or sequence of words;

comparing said displayed content text as it is scanned for a match with said stored predetermined word or sequence of words;

searching a data base of non text content to for said identified non text document; and

selectively generating an indicator in the event the non text content is located,

wherein a processor unit runs a program to execute one or more of said storing, scanning, comparing, searching and generating.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said scanning of displayed content text comprises content text in the body of an e-mail message, text message or instant message.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said indicator selectively generated by said generating module comprises underscored and/or bold text.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein said generating module indicator generates no indicator when said non-text content is not located.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein said generating module further comprises generating text that is underscored and/or bold upon locating said identified non text document.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said generating module further comprises ending generating underscored and/or bold text when said identified non text document is attached to said e-mail.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprises preventing the sending of said e-mail by a server while said text is underscored and/or bold.

17. The method of claim 10 wherein said indicator generated by said generating module further comprises a to-do list.

18. The method of claim 10 wherein said indicator generated by said generating module further comprises a calendar entry as a reminder to do a follow up activity.

19. A computer program product for providing document reminders, the computer program product comprising:

a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

storing a predetermined word or sequence of words in a data base;

scanning displayed content text for said predetermined word or sequence of words and a non text document identified by said word or sequence of words;

comparing said displayed content text as it is scanned for a match with said stored predetermined word or sequence of words;

searching a data base of non text content to for said identified non text document; and

selectively generating an indicator in the event the non text content is located.