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1. A method comprising:
- examining a first attachment in a first message of a user;
examining a second attachment in a second message of the user, wherein the first attachment is different from the second attachment;
comparing the first attachment to the second attachment to determine if the attachments are related by determining a similarity score for the first and second attachments; and
if the comparing determines that the attachments are related based upon a comparison of the similarity score and a similarity threshold, notifying the user that a collaboration may be occurring.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed which monitors a plurality of electronic messages. Two or more electronic messages from the plurality of messages may be identified. Each identified message may contain an attachment. The attachments of the identified messages may be compared to determine a similarity score. The similarity score may be examined to determine if it exceeds a similarity threshold value. If the similarity score exceeds the similarity threshold value, a user may be notified that collaboration may be occurring. The user may also be provided automated support for porting the attachments to a document management system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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examining a first attachment in a first message of a user; examining a second attachment in a second message of the user, wherein the first attachment is different from the second attachment; comparing the first attachment to the second attachment to determine if the attachments are related by determining a similarity score for the first and second attachments; and if the comparing determines that the attachments are related based upon a comparison of the similarity score and a similarity threshold, notifying the user that a collaboration may be occurring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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6. The method of claim l , further comprising:
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comparing the first message to the second message to determine if the first message is related to the second message; and wherein the notifying is performed only if the first message and the second message are determined to be related. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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17. A method comprising:
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monitoring a plurality of electronic messages; identifying a first electronic message from the plurality of electronic messages wherein the first electronic message contains a first attachment; identifying a second electronic message from the plurality of electronic messages wherein the second electronic message contains a second attachment and wherein the first attachment is different from the second attachment; comparing the first attachment with the second attachment to create a pair; determining a similarity score for the pair; determining if the similarity score for the pair exceeds a similarity threshold value; and if the similarity threshold value is exceeded for a predetermined number of pairs, notifying a user that collaboration may be occurring.
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18. A method comprising:
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monitoring a plurality of electronic messages; identifying two or more electronic messages from the plurality of messages wherein each identified message contains an attachment such that each message contains a different attachment; comparing the attachments of the identified messages to determine a similarity score; determining if the similarity score exceeds a similarity threshold value; and notifying a user that collaboration may be occurring if the similarity score exceeds the similarity threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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