METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC COLLABORATION
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- performing in a computing device;
receiving a first email via a network connection;
parsing said first email to extract one or more fields of said first email;
determining, based on said extracted one or more fields of said first email, a category of an electronic forum with which to associate said first email;
determining, based on said extracted one or more fields of said first email, a thread of said determined category of said electronic forum with which to associate said first emailassociating, in a memory, said first email with said determined thread of said determined category; and
presenting content of said first email in a first post in said determined thread of said determined category of said electronic forum.
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Abstract
A computing device may be operable to receive a first email via a network connection. The computing device may be operable to parse a first email to extract one or more fields of the first email. The computing device may be operable to determine, based on the extracted field(s), a category of an electronic forum with which to associate the first email. The computing device may be operable to determine, based on the extracted field(s), a thread of the determined category with which to associate the first email. The computing device may be operable to associate, in a memory, the first email with the determined thread. The computing device may be operable to present content of the first email in a first post in the determined thread.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
performing in a computing device; receiving a first email via a network connection; parsing said first email to extract one or more fields of said first email; determining, based on said extracted one or more fields of said first email, a category of an electronic forum with which to associate said first email; determining, based on said extracted one or more fields of said first email, a thread of said determined category of said electronic forum with which to associate said first email associating, in a memory, said first email with said determined thread of said determined category; and presenting content of said first email in a first post in said determined thread of said determined category of said electronic forum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19)
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10. A method comprising:
performing in a computing device; generating, for presentation on an electronic display, a graphical user interface of an electronic forum, wherein said graphical user interface enables users of said forum to create posts in said electronic forum; generating an email in response to a user of said electronic forum creating a post in said electronic forum, wherein; content of said generated email comprises content of said post; and said generated email is addressed to an email list determined based on a attributes of a thread of said forum in which said post was created. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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20. A system comprising:
one or more servers operable to; parse a first email to extract one or more fields of said first email; determine a category of an electronic forum with which to associate said first email based on said extracted one or more fields of said first email; determine a thread of said determined category of said electronic forum with which to associate said first email based on said extracted one or more fields of said first email; associate, in a memory, said first email with said determined thread of said determined category; present content of said first email in a first post in said determined thread of said determined category of said electronic forum; and generate a graphical user interface of said electronic forum, wherein users of said electronic forum can create a post in said forum via said graphical user interface; generate a second email in response to a user of said electronic forum creating a second post in a particular category of said electronic forum, wherein; content of said second email comprises content of said second post; and said second email is addressed to an email list that is determined based on said particular category of said forum in which said post was created.
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