PROCESS FOR SENDING AN ELECTRONIC FILE TO AT LEAST ONE CONTACT OF A USER

• US 20130282842A1
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Genesys Cloud Services Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Incorporated (Genesys Cloud Services Incorporated)
• Inventors: Blecon, Stphane M., Hervochon, Stphane M., Thomas, Frdric M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,853,932 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

Process for sending an electronic file to at least one contact (1) of a user (2), said process providing for the activation by said user of a sharing function, said process further providing for, upon said activation:

• • parsing said electronic file for detecting information about said contact;
  • checking in at least a contact directory the existence of an electronic address matching with said information;
  • creating an electronic message (5) comprising at least said electronic file and said electronic address;
  • sending said electronic message to said contact through said electronic address.

Claims

1. Process for sending an electronic file to at least one contact (1) of a user (2), said process providing for the activation by said user of a sharing function, said process further providing for, upon said activation:

parsing said electronic file for detecting information about said contact;

checking in at least a contact directory the existence of an electronic address matching with said information;

creating an electronic message (5) comprising at least said electronic file and said electronic address;

sending said electronic message to said contact through said electronic address.

2. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that information about the contact (1) comprise at least a name of said contact.

3. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that information about the contact (1) comprises an electronic address of said contact.

4. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that information about the contact (1) comprises a phone number of said contact.

5. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that information about the contact (1) comprises a short login of an electronic message account of said contact.

6. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic message (5) further comprises the name of the electronic file.

7. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the sharing function is activated by means of an interactive control on the interface of a dedicated edition application (3) for the electronic file.

8. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the sharing function is activated by means of an interactive control which is implemented in the electronic file by means of the operating system of the terminal of the user (2).

9. Application (3) for editing electronic files, said application comprising a sharing function for sending such an electronic file to at least one contact (1) of a user (2), said application further comprises:

means for parsing said electronic file upon the activation of said function by said user, said means being adapted to detect information about said contact;

means for checking in at least one contact directory the existence of an electronic address matching with said information;

means for creating an electronic message (5) to be sent to said contact through said electronic address, said message comprising at least said electronic file and said electronic address.

10. Application (3) according to claim 9, characterized in that the means for creating are adapted to fill the electronic message (5) with the name of the file.

11. Application (3) according to claim 9, characterized in that the sharing function comprises means to provide an interactive control on the interface of said application, the user (2) activating said function by means of said button.