Method, system, and computer program product for displaying message genealogy

• US 7,761,519 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2004
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Schultz, Dale M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chankong; Dohm
• Application Number:
  US10/915,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20060036691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,169 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/238, 709/245
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for displaying message genealogy in the language of the user interface of an email recipient using a normalized set of subject prefix codes. The method comprises: sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has an original subject; sending a normalized code corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient; receiving and decoding at the recipient the normalized code to provide a subject prefix in a language of the user interface of the recipient; and displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the original subject of the email.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a message genealogy of electronic mail (email), comprising:

sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

sending a normalized code in a header of the email corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient, wherein the normalized code is sent with the email as a separate entity;

receiving the normalized code and the email at the recipient;

examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email;

if the normalized code is found in the email header, removing the normalized code from the subject of the email;

decoding the normalized code at the recipient to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

a look-up table at the recipient, wherein the look-up table comprises a plurality of subject prefixes in at least one language, and wherein the normalized code is decoded using the look-up table.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

choosing the language in which the subject prefix is displayed at the recipient.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject prefix of the email corresponds to a message type selected from the group consisting of a reply email, a forwarded email, and an original email.

5. A system for displaying a message genealogy of electronic mail (email), comprising:

at least one computing device including;

a system for sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

a system for sending a normalized code in a header of the email corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient, wherein the normalized code is sent with the email as a separate entity;

a system for receiving the normalized code and the email at the recipient

a system for examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email, and if the normalized code is found in the email header, removing the normalized code from the subject of the email;

a system for decoding the normalized code at the recipient to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

a system for displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising:

a look-up table at the recipient, wherein the look-up table comprises a plurality of subject prefixes in at least one language, and wherein the normalized code is decoded using the look-up table.

7. The system of claim 5, further comprising:

a system for choosing the language in which the subject prefix is displayed at the recipient.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the subject prefix of the email corresponds to a message type selected from the group consisting of a reply email, a forwarded email, and an original email.

9. A program product stored on a recordable medium, which when executed, displays a message genealogy of electronic mail, the program product comprising program code for:

sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has a subject;

sending a normalized code in a header of the email corresponding to a subject prefix for the email to the recipient, wherein the normalized code is sent with the email as a separate entity;

receiving the normalized code and the email at the recipient;

examining the email header for the normalized code representing the subject prefix of the email and, if the normalized code is found in the email header, removing the normalized code from the subject of the email;

decoding the normalized code at the recipient to provide a subject prefix in a language of a user interface of the recipient; and

displaying the subject prefix in the language of the user interface of the recipient adjacent the subject of the email.

10. The program product of claim 9, further comprising:

a look-up table at the recipient, wherein the look-up table comprises a plurality of subject prefixes in at least one language, and wherein the normalized code is decoded using the look-up table.

11. The program product of claim 9, further comprising program code for:

choosing the language in which the subject prefix is displayed at the recipient.

12. The program product of claim 9, wherein the subject prefix of the email corresponds to a message type selected from the group consisting of a reply email, a forwarded email, and an original email.