System for the distribution and storage of electronic mail information
First Claim
1. A system for distribution and storage of electronic mail information comprising:
- a server;
a status rendezvous procedure residing on said server; and
a distribution storage facility comprising;
a distribution management system (DMS) residing on said server; and
a container management system (CMS) residing on said server wherein said status rendzvous procedure comprises;
means for receiving a status message having incomplete recipient information;
means for initiating a candidate list of a plurality of candidates, said candidates selected according to an identification in said status message;
means for preparing a search list of object identifiers;
means for eliminating non-matching candidates; and
means for selecting a matching candidate.
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Abstract
A system and method for distribution and storage of electronic mail information is disclosed. The system comprises: a server; a status rendezvous procedure (102) residing on the server; and a distribution storage facility comprising a distribution management system (112) residing on the server; and a container management system (114) residing on the server. The method for distribution and storage of electronic mail information comprises the following steps: (1) receiving inbound information from a first remote connection, the inbound information comprising a distribution; (2) processing the distribution, the processing resulting in the distribution being stored in memory; (3) writing the distribution to a storage medium; (4) paging the distribution from the storage medium into memory; (5) passing a part of the distribution in memory to at least a second remote connection; and (6) determining an intended recipient in response to the presence of a reported recipient.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for distribution and storage of electronic mail information comprising:
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a server; a status rendezvous procedure residing on said server; and a distribution storage facility comprising; a distribution management system (DMS) residing on said server; and a container management system (CMS) residing on said server wherein said status rendzvous procedure comprises; means for receiving a status message having incomplete recipient information; means for initiating a candidate list of a plurality of candidates, said candidates selected according to an identification in said status message; means for preparing a search list of object identifiers; means for eliminating non-matching candidates; and means for selecting a matching candidate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for distribution and storage of electronic mail information comprising:
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receiving inbound information from a first remote connection, said inbound information comprising a distribution; processing said distribution, said processing resulting in the distribution being stored in memory; writing said distribution to a storage medium; paging said distribution from said storage medium into memory; passing a part of said distribution in memory to at least a second remote connection; and determining an intended recipient in response to the presence of a reported recipient wherein said step of determining an intended recipient in response to the presence of a reported recipient comprises; receiving a status message having incomplete reported recipient information; preparing a candidate list of a plurality of candidates, said candidates selected according to an idnetification in said status message; preparing a search list of object identifiers; eliminating non-matching candidates; selecting a matching candidate; wherein said search list comprises an elimination rate and a weight of each of said object identifiers; and wherein said candidate list comprises a score for each of said candidates. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for enabling distribution and storage of electronic mail information comprising:
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computer readable program code for implementing a status rendezvous procedure; and computer readable program code for implementing a distribution storage facility wherein said distribution storage facility comprises; a distribution management system (DMS); and a container management system (CMS); wherein said computer readable program code for implementing a status rendezvous procedure comprises; computer readable program code for receiving a status message having incomplete recipient information; computer readable program code for initiating a candidate list of a plurality of candidates, said candidates selected according to an identification in said status message; computer readable program code for preparing a search list of object identifiers; computer readable program code for eliminating non-matching candidates; and computer readable program code for selecting a matching candidate. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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