Method and apparatus for addressing an electronic document for transmission over a network
First Claim
1. A method of addressing electronic communications for transmission over a network, the method including:
- receiving a request to identify a proposed receipt of an electronic communication, the request including a plurality of communication terms within the electronic communication;
accessing a knowledge profile including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of a potential recipient of the electronic communication;
identifying the potential recipient as a proposed recipient of the electronic communication utilizing terms within the electronic communication and the knowledge profile by comparing the communication terms and the knowledge terms, and detecting a correspondence therebetween; and
prompting a sender of the electronic communication to either accept or decline the proposed recipient as an actual recipient of the electronic communication by inclusion of the proposed recipient as an addressee of the electronic communication,wherein the prompting of the sender to either accept or decline the proposed receipt includes providing the sender with information reflecting a reason for the proposal of the proposed recipient for inclusion as an addressee of the electronic communication.
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Abstract
A method of addressing an electric document for transmission over a network includes the step of accessing a knowledge profile, including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of a potential recipient of the electronic document. Based on a predetermined degree of correspondence or correlation between document terms within the electronic document and knowledge terms within the knowledge profile, a decision is made as to whether a potential recipient is identified as a proposed recipient. Following the identification of the proposed recipient, a sender, or author, of the electronic document is prompted to either accept or decline the proposed recipient as actual recipient of the electronic document.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of addressing electronic communications for transmission over a network, the method including:
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receiving a request to identify a proposed receipt of an electronic communication, the request including a plurality of communication terms within the electronic communication; accessing a knowledge profile including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of a potential recipient of the electronic communication; identifying the potential recipient as a proposed recipient of the electronic communication utilizing terms within the electronic communication and the knowledge profile by comparing the communication terms and the knowledge terms, and detecting a correspondence therebetween; and prompting a sender of the electronic communication to either accept or decline the proposed recipient as an actual recipient of the electronic communication by inclusion of the proposed recipient as an addressee of the electronic communication, wherein the prompting of the sender to either accept or decline the proposed receipt includes providing the sender with information reflecting a reason for the proposal of the proposed recipient for inclusion as an addressee of the electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for addressing electronic communications for transmission over a network, the system including:
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a term identifier to identify communication terms within an electronic communication; and a recipient identifier to access a knowledge profile, including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of a potential recipient of the electronic communication, to identify the potential recipient as a proposed recipient of the electronic communication utilizing the communication terms and the knowledge profile by comparing the communication terms and the knowledge terms, and detecting a correspondence therebetween, and to prompt a sender to either accept or decline the proposed recipient as an actual recipient of the electronic communication by inclusion of the proposed recipient as an addressee of the electronic communication, wherein the recipient identifier provides the sender with information reflecting a reason for the proposal of the proposed recipient as an addressee of the electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for addressing electronic communications for transmission over a network, the system including:
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means for examining an electronic communication to identify communication terms therein; means for accessing a knowledge profile including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of a potential recipient of the electronic communication; means for identifying the potential recipient as a proposed recipient of the electronic document utilizing the communication terms and the knowledge profile by comparing the communication terms and the knowledge terms, and detecting a correspondence therebetween; and means for prompting a sender to either accept or decline the proposed recipient as an actual recipient of the electronic communication by inclusion of the proposed recipient as an addressee of the electronic communication, wherein the means for prompting provides the sender with information reflecting a reason for the proposal of the proposed recipient as an addressee of the electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A machine-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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examine an electronic communication, to be propagated over a network, to identify communication terms therein; access a knowledge profile including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of a potential recipient of the electronic communication; identify the potential recipient as a proposed recipient of the electronic communication utilizing the communication terms and the knowledge profile by comparing the communication terms and the knowledge terms, and detecting a correspondence therebetween; and prompt a sender of the electronic communication to either accept or decline the proposed recipient as an actual recipient of the electronic communication by inclusion of the proposed recipient as an addressee of the electronic communication, wherein the prompting of the sender to either accept or decline the proposed receipt includes providing the sender with information reflecting a reason for the proposal of the proposed recipient for inclusion as an addressee of the electronic communication.
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20. A method of addressing an electronic communication for transmission of a network, the method including:
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accessing a plurality of knowledge profiles, each knowledge profile including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of a respective potential recipient of an electronic communication; identifying, from the plurality of potential recipients, a plurality of proposed recipients of the electronic communication utilizing communication terms within the electronic communication and the respective knowledge profiles by comparing the communication terms and the knowledge terms within the respective profiles, and detecting a correspondence therebetween; assigning a metric to each of the plurality of proposed recipients and ranking the plurality of proposed recipients based on the assigned metrics; and prompting a sender of the electronic mail message to either accept or decline each of the proposed recipients as an actual recipient of the electronic communication by inclusion as an addressee of the electronic communication, wherein the metric assigned to each of the proposed recipients is communicated to the sender to assist the sender in a decision regarding whether to accept or decline each of the proposed recipients as an actual recipient.
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21. A system for addressing an electronic communication for transmission over a network, the system including:
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a term identifier to identify communication terms within an electronic communication; and a recipient identifier to access a plurality of knowledge profiles, each knowledge profile associated with a respective potential recipient and including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of each respective potential recipient of the electronic communication, to identify a plurality of proposed recipients of the electronic communication utilizing the communication terms and the respective knowledge profiles by comparing the communication terms and the knowledge terms within each of the respective profiles and detecting correspondences therebetween, and to prompt a sender of the electronic communication to either accept or decline each of the plurality of proposed recipients as an actual recipient of the electronic communication, wherein the recipient identifier assigns a metric to each of the plurality of proposed recipients, ranks the plurality of proposed recipients based on the assigned metrics, and provides the sender with the respective metric assigned to each of the plurality of proposed recipients.
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