System and method for soliciting and retrieving a complete email thread
First Claim
1. A method, for use in a system where users exchange emails to create an email thread, for requesting and retrieving a complete email thread, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for an email thread from a requesting email user;
authenticating the requesting email user;
retrieving the requested email thread for the requesting email user;
conveying the requested email thread to the inbox of the requesting email user;
removing the requested email thread from the user'"'"'s inbox in response to receiving a suppress thread request from the requesting user via a suppress thread UI button; and
adding the requesting user to an incomplete email thread, the adding comprising;
receiving, from the requesting user, identification of another user on the incomplete email thread;
receiving a thread request for the incomplete email thread from the requesting user via a request thread UI button;
conveying the incomplete email thread to the requesting user; and
conveying the thread request for the incomplete email thread to others in the incomplete thread.
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Abstract
A system and method allows an email user to solicit an email thread from another user (or from a server) in situations where the first requesting user may have been added to an email thread after the email thread was started, or in situations where the user may have an incomplete thread (for example, where a user is being added to a thread where an attachment was removed). The complete thread is returned to the first requesting user, after permission has been sought and granted, and after data mining and intelligent aggregation of a plurality of relevant threads in to one interleaved result is performed and returned to the first requesting user.
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4 Claims
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1. A method, for use in a system where users exchange emails to create an email thread, for requesting and retrieving a complete email thread, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for an email thread from a requesting email user; authenticating the requesting email user; retrieving the requested email thread for the requesting email user; conveying the requested email thread to the inbox of the requesting email user; removing the requested email thread from the user'"'"'s inbox in response to receiving a suppress thread request from the requesting user via a suppress thread UI button; and adding the requesting user to an incomplete email thread, the adding comprising; receiving, from the requesting user, identification of another user on the incomplete email thread; receiving a thread request for the incomplete email thread from the requesting user via a request thread UI button; conveying the incomplete email thread to the requesting user; and conveying the thread request for the incomplete email thread to others in the incomplete thread. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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