DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RECIPIENT FOR A MESSAGE

• US 20160062984A1
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2014
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Caliendo, Neal Robert Jr., VanBlon, Russell Speight, Weksler, Arnold S.
• Application Number:
  US14/475,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20160062984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a touch-enabled display accessible to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive first input pertaining to at least a first recipient to which a message is to be sent, receive second input pertaining to a body of the message, and parse at least a portion of the body of the message to determine, based on at least a portion of the body of the message, whether the first recipient is a correct recipient for the message.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor;

a touch-enabled display accessible to the processor; and

storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

receive first input pertaining to at least a first recipient to which a message is to be sent;

receive second input pertaining to a body of the message;

parse at least a portion of the body of the message to determine, based on at least a portion of the body of the message, whether the first recipient is a correct recipient for the message; and

present, on the touch-enabled display, a first user interface (UI) comprising an option to;

configure the device to automatically change message recipients if a message recipient indicated by a user is determined to be an incorrect recipient or configure the device to present a prompt on the touch-enabled display for the user to provide input to change message recipients if the message recipient indicated by the user is determined to be an incorrect recipient.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

determine, based on at least a portion of the body of the message, that the first recipient is not a correct recipient for the message; and

recommend a correct recipient for the message.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the instructions are executable to:

present a second user interface (UI) on the touch-enabled display which presents at least one recommendation of a correct recipient for the message, the second UI being manipulable to select a recommendation of the at least one recommendation.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the instructions are executable to:

in response to receipt of third input corresponding to a selection of a first recommendation from the second UI and without further input from a user, change a destination to which the message is to be sent from the first recipient to a second recipient different from the first recipient.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein data pertaining to the destination is presented in a recipient held of a third UI for composing the message.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to determine a correct recipient based at least in part on:

identification from the body of the message of one of the group consisting of;

a word, a phrase; and

correlation of the one of word and phrase with at least one particular recipient.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the correlation is made at least in part based on data in a data table accessible to the device, the data table correlating at least one of words and phrases with particular recipients.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to determine a correct recipient based at least in part on a current time of day.

21. The device of claim 1, wherein the UI is a UI manipulable for configuring settings for composing and transmitting messages.

22. The device of claim 1, wherein the UI is a first UI, and wherein the first UI comprises an option to:

automatically without further user input send a message upon user selection of a correct recipient or return to a second UI for message composition upon user selection of a correct recipient.

23. The device of claim 1, wherein the UI comprises an option for the device to:

make suggestions of correct recipients while messages are being composed or make suggestions of correct recipients responsive to receipt of commands to transmit messages.

6-7. -7. (canceled)

10-13. -13. (canceled)

15. A method, comprising:

analyzing at least a portion of a pay load of a message which is at least partially composed at a device to determine at least one recipient at least in part by pursing an attachment to the message, the message composed at least in part using a first user interface (UI) presented on a display of the device; and

based at least in part on the analysis, recommending the at least one recipient.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the payload is analyzed as the payload is composed.

18. The method of claim 15, where the method comprises recommending the at least one recipient at least in part by presenting a second UI on the display comprising at least a first selector element associated with a first recipient, the first selector element being selectable to without further user input insert the first recipient into a field of the first UI associated with a destination of the message.

24. The method of claim 15, comprising:

parsing metadata associated with the attachment to at least attempt to recommend the at least one recipient.

25. The method of claim 15, wherein the attachment is an image.

26. The method of claim 25, comprising:

executing facial recognition software to identify at least one person from the image;

identifying at least one person from the image based at least in part on execution of the facial recognition software; and

recommending the at least one recipient based at least in part on identification of the at least one person from the image.

16. (canceled)

19. An apparatus, comprising:

a first processor;

a network adapter;

storage bearing instructions executable by a second processor for;

determining, based on at least a portion of a body of a message, whether a first recipient of the message is a proper recipient for the message, the first recipient received from a user, the determining whether the first recipient is a proper recipient at least in part being based on data accessible using the second processor;

in response to determining that the first recipient is not a proper recipient, inserting a second recipient into a recipient field of the message automatically without additional user input related to a message recipient, the second recipient being different from the first recipient;

wherein the first processor transfers the instructions over a network via the network adapter.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the instructions are further executable for:

in response to determining that the first recipient is not a proper recipient and a failure by the second processor to identify at least one proper recipient presenting a window on a display indicating that the first recipient has been determined to be an improper recipient.

27. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the instructions are executable by the second processor for:

in response to determining that the first recipient is not a proper recipient, inserting the second recipient into the recipient field of the message automatically without presenting a prompt for the user to select a proper recipient.