Time Based System for Urgent Email Messages
First Claim
1. A method for receiving an urgent email message by a sender, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an email client on a computer, an urgent tagged email sent by said sender;
obtaining an urgent timestamp based on a stored timestamp of a previous urgent tagged email by said sender;
based on said urgent timestamp, determining whether said urgent tagged email is allowed, said allowed determining comprising determining whether said urgent tagged email was received within a defined time interval and determining whether said previous timestamp is an allowed value; and
responsive to said urgent tagged email being allowed, performing a, b, c, and d;
a) displaying said urgent tagged email in said email client with an urgent response;
b) evaluating, by a user, whether said urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent;
c) responsive to said evaluating that said urgent tagged email was not worth being tagged as urgent, updating said stored timestamp to a date of said urgent tagged email; and
d) responsive to said evaluating that said urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent, updating said stored timestamp to said allowed value.
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Abstract
An email client receives an urgent tagged email sent by said sender. An urgent timestamp is obtained based on a stored timestamp of a previous urgent tagged email by said sender. Based on the urgent timestamp, it is determined whether said urgent tagged email is allowed. The allowed determining comprises determining whether the urgent tagged email was received within a defined time interval and determining whether the previous timestamp is an allowed value. If the urgent tagged email is allowed, the urgent tagged email is displayed in the email client with an urgent response; a user evaluates whether the urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent; if the urgent tagged email is not worth being tagged urgent, the stored timestamp is updated to the urgent tagged email date; and if the urgent tagged email is worth being tagged urgent, the stored timestamp is updated to the allowed value.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for receiving an urgent email message by a sender, the method comprising:
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receiving, by an email client on a computer, an urgent tagged email sent by said sender; obtaining an urgent timestamp based on a stored timestamp of a previous urgent tagged email by said sender; based on said urgent timestamp, determining whether said urgent tagged email is allowed, said allowed determining comprising determining whether said urgent tagged email was received within a defined time interval and determining whether said previous timestamp is an allowed value; and responsive to said urgent tagged email being allowed, performing a, b, c, and d; a) displaying said urgent tagged email in said email client with an urgent response; b) evaluating, by a user, whether said urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent; c) responsive to said evaluating that said urgent tagged email was not worth being tagged as urgent, updating said stored timestamp to a date of said urgent tagged email; and d) responsive to said evaluating that said urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent, updating said stored timestamp to said allowed value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13)
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11. A system for receiving an urgent email message by a sender comprising:
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a memory; a processor in communications with said memory, said processor capable of performing a method comprising; receiving, by an email client on said system, an urgent tagged email sent by said sender; obtaining an urgent timestamp based on a stored timestamp of a previous urgent tagged email by said sender; based on said urgent timestamp, determining whether said urgent tagged email is allowed, said allowed determining comprising determining whether said urgent tagged email was received within a defined time interval and determining whether said previous timestamp is an allowed value; and responsive to said urgent tagged email being allowed, performing a, b, c, and d; a) displaying said urgent tagged email in said email client with an urgent response; b) evaluating, by a user, whether said urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent; c) responsive to said evaluating that said urgent tagged email was not worth being tagged as urgent, updating said stored timestamp to a date of said urgent tagged email; and d) responsive to said evaluating that said urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent, updating said stored timestamp to said allowed value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for receiving an urgent email message by a sender, 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; receiving, by an email client on a computer, an urgent tagged email sent by said sender; obtaining an urgent timestamp based on a stored timestamp of a previous urgent tagged email by said sender; based on said urgent timestamp, determining whether said urgent tagged email is allowed, said allowed determining comprising determining whether said urgent tagged email was received within a defined time interval and determining whether said previous timestamp is an allowed value; and responsive to said urgent tagged email being allowed, performing a, b, c, and d; a) displaying said urgent tagged email in said email client with an urgent response; b) evaluating, by a user, whether said urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent; c) responsive to said evaluating that said urgent tagged email was not worth being tagged as urgent, updating said stored timestamp to a date of said urgent tagged email; and d) responsive to said evaluating that said urgent tagged email was worth being tagged as urgent, updating said stored timestamp to said allowed value.
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