METHOD TO INITIATE SERVER BASED COLLABORATION ON E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS
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1. A method for allowing a user to initiate collaboration on a document, comprising:
- accepting from said user a message for electronic delivery, said message comprising recipient data identifying one or more recipients and one or more attached documents;
sending a request to a collaboration server to initiate collaboration on said one or more attached documents by collaborators comprising said recipients; and
sending said message to said recipients.
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Abstract
Server-based collaboration is initiated by an email. When the user creates the email message with attachments, a collaboration website is provisioned. The collaboration website allows collaborations on the attached documents by the recipients of the message. The ease of collaboration with email and the advantages of the collaboration server are thus both available to the user.
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1. A method for allowing a user to initiate collaboration on a document, comprising:
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accepting from said user a message for electronic delivery, said message comprising recipient data identifying one or more recipients and one or more attached documents; sending a request to a collaboration server to initiate collaboration on said one or more attached documents by collaborators comprising said recipients; and sending said message to said recipients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for allowing a user to initiate collaboration on a document, comprising:
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an electronic messaging application for accepting from said user a message for electronic delivery, said message comprising recipient data identifying one or more recipients and one or more attached documents; a collaboration request module for sending a request to a collaboration server to initiate collaboration on said one or more attached documents by collaborators comprising said recipients; and an electronic message server for sending said message to said recipients. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for initiating collaboration, comprising:
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generating a message for electronic delivery, said message comprising recipient data identifying one or more recipients and one or more attached documents; initiating a collaboration server for initiating collaboration on said one or more attached documents; and sending said message to said recipients. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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