AUTO-RESOLVE RECIPIENTS CACHE

• US 20120150983A1
• Filed: 02/20/2012
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Tousignant, Patrick, Nalliah, Selvaraj, Seetharaman, Shivakumar, Zafar, Salman, Atwood, John Allen, Bolles, Gregory, Esteve Balducci, Juan Vicente, Resnick, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 8,499,052 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

In embodiments, mobile devices request and utilize recipient caches. Recipient caches store information regarding previous recipients of communications. The information on recipients includes when the recipient was last contacted and the frequency with which a recipient is contacted. In embodiments, a mobile device requests a recipient cache from a server. When a user types a string of text, the mobile device then uses the recipient cache as well as the contacts and emails on the mobile device and resolves a recipient list. In other embodiments, a recipient cache on a server is updated when a mobile device sends a message with new recipient information. In another embodiment, a server resolves conflicting messages by using recipient information

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A computer implemented method for updating a recipient cache on a server with new recipient information from a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a message from the mobile device;

determining whether the message is a reply to a previous message;

upon determination that the message is a reply, reviewing the received message against the previous message;

identifying that one or more new recipients in the received message are different from the previous message;

extracting information associated with the one or more new recipients; and

updating the recipient cache with the information associated with the one or more new recipients.

28. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor, provide a method for updating a recipient cache on a server with new recipient information from a mobile device, the method comprising;

receiving a message from the mobile device;

determining whether the message is a reply to a previous message;

upon determination that the message is a reply, reviewing the received message against the previous message;

identifying that one or more new recipients in the received message are different from the previous message;

extracting information associated with the one or more new recipients; and

updating the recipient cache with the information associated with the one or more new recipients.

35. One or more computer storage media not consisting of a propagated data signal and having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, provide a method for updating a recipient cache on a server with new recipient information from a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a message from the mobile device;

determining whether the message is a reply to a previous message;

upon determination that the message is a reply, reviewing the received message against the previous message;

identifying that one or more new recipients in the received message are different from the previous message;

extracting information associated with the one or more new recipients; and

updating the recipient cache with the information associated with the one or more new recipients.