CONCEPTS FOR USING ACTION IDENTIFIERS IN MESSAGES
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1. A method comprising:
- determining whether an electronic message from a sender to an intended recipient comprises an action identifier in the electronic message, the action identifier initiating the generation of a shipping record for an item to be sent from the sender to the intended recipient;
responsive to determining that the electronic message comprises the action identifier in the electronic message, determining (a) the identity of the sender and the intended recipient of the item based at least in part on the electronic message and (b) a physical address of the intended recipient of the item based at least in part on the electronic message; and
automatically initiating generation of a shipping record for the item, the shipping record identifying (a) the sender of the item, (b) the recipient of the item, and (b) the physical address of the intended recipient of the item.
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Abstract
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for automatically carrying out actions based on action identifiers in messages. In one embodiment, an appropriate computing entity can determine whether a message comprises an action identifier in the message. If the message comprises an action identifier, one or more of the parties of message can be identified and the corresponding action can be initiated.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining whether an electronic message from a sender to an intended recipient comprises an action identifier in the electronic message, the action identifier initiating the generation of a shipping record for an item to be sent from the sender to the intended recipient; responsive to determining that the electronic message comprises the action identifier in the electronic message, determining (a) the identity of the sender and the intended recipient of the item based at least in part on the electronic message and (b) a physical address of the intended recipient of the item based at least in part on the electronic message; and automatically initiating generation of a shipping record for the item, the shipping record identifying (a) the sender of the item, (b) the recipient of the item, and (b) the physical address of the intended recipient of the item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
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determine whether an electronic message from a sender to an intended recipient comprises an action identifier in the electronic message, the action identifier initiating the generation of a shipping record for an item to be sent from the sender to the intended recipient; responsive to determining that the electronic message comprises the action identifier in the electronic message, determine (a) the identity of the sender and the intended recipient of the item based at least in part on the electronic message and (b) a physical address of the intended recipient of the item based at least in part on the electronic message; and automatically initiate generation of a shipping record for the item, the shipping record identifying (a) the sender of the item, (b) the recipient of the item, and (b) the physical address of the intended recipient of the item. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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an executable portion configured to determine whether an electronic message from a sender to an intended recipient comprises an action identifier in the electronic message, the action identifier initiating the generation of a shipping record for an item to be sent from the sender to the intended recipient; an executable portion configured to, responsive to determining that the electronic message comprises the action identifier in the electronic message, determine (a) the identity of the sender and the intended recipient of the item based at least in part on the electronic message and (b) a physical address of the intended recipient of the item based at least in part on the electronic message; and an executable portion configured to automatically initiate generation of a shipping record for the item, the shipping record identifying (a) the sender of the item, (b) the recipient of the item, and (b) the physical address of the intended recipient of the item. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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