Method and system for automatic distribution addressing
First Claim
1. A method for addressing an outbound distribution, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an inbound distribution in a telephone system, wherein said distribution includes a source identifier associated with a sender of said distribution;
determining by said telephone system said source identifier corresponding to the sender of said inbound distribution;
accessing information about said sender automatically in response to determining said source identifier wherein said information includes a distribution address; and
automatically addressing an outbound distribution using said distribution address,wherein said inbound distribution and said outbound distribution are not of the same type.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatic addressing of distributions. The system receives distributions, such as phone calls, phone messages, E-mail messages, soft facsimiles, print jobs, and pages, historically maintains a set of information, such as addressing information associated with senders of the distributions. The set of address information includes the sender'"'"'s name, E-mail address, phone number, fax number, pager number, LAN address, or the like. The system permits the recipient of an inbound distribution to automatically address an outbound distribution to a previous sender of the inbound distribution by invocation of hot keys, or by use of a query manager. The system also permits the recipient to paste information about the sender directly into arbitrary applications on his computer.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for addressing an outbound distribution, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an inbound distribution in a telephone system, wherein said distribution includes a source identifier associated with a sender of said distribution; determining by said telephone system said source identifier corresponding to the sender of said inbound distribution; accessing information about said sender automatically in response to determining said source identifier wherein said information includes a distribution address; and automatically addressing an outbound distribution using said distribution address, wherein said inbound distribution and said outbound distribution are not of the same type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for automatic retrieval of distribution information, comprising:
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an address book database; a historical distribution correlator, wherein said correlator; determines an identifier (ID) corresponding to a sender of a distribution to a recipient; accesses information about said sender from said address book database using said ID wherein said information includes a distribution address; displays said information; and automatically addressing an outbound distribution using said distribution address, wherein said outbound distribution is not the same type as said inbound distribution. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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