Generating a recipient list for propagating contact information changes based on contact metrics involving a user and the recipients on the list
First Claim
1. A method for determining parties who are to receive contact updates comprising:
- identifying a change in contact information for a communicator;
acquiring contact metrics for the communicator, wherein said contact metrics detail historic person-to-person communication instances between said communicator and at least one party;
applying at least one previously established programmatic rule to the acquired contact metric to automatically determine whether each of the at least one party is a recipient who should be notified of the change in contact information based upon comparing the contact metrics relating to that party and the communicator against at least one previously established threshold; and
selectively adding recipients to a recipient list based upon results of the applied programmatic rule configured to prefer including individuals in the contact list to the recipient list compared to including individuals not in the contact list to the recipient list, wherein said recipient list represents a listing of parties who are to be notified of the change in contact information.
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Abstract
A change in contact information for a communicator can be identified. Contact metrics can be acquired for the communicator. The contact metrics can specify details of communications between the communicator and at least one other party. At least one previously established programmatic rule can be applied to the acquired contact metrics to automatically determine whether each of the parties is a recipient who should be notified of the change in contact information based upon comparing the contact metrics relating to that party and the communicator against at least one previously established threshold. Recipients can be selectively added to a recipient list based upon results of the applied programmatic rule. The recipient list can represent a listing of parties who are to be notified of the change in contact information.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for determining parties who are to receive contact updates comprising:
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identifying a change in contact information for a communicator; acquiring contact metrics for the communicator, wherein said contact metrics detail historic person-to-person communication instances between said communicator and at least one party; applying at least one previously established programmatic rule to the acquired contact metric to automatically determine whether each of the at least one party is a recipient who should be notified of the change in contact information based upon comparing the contact metrics relating to that party and the communicator against at least one previously established threshold; and selectively adding recipients to a recipient list based upon results of the applied programmatic rule configured to prefer including individuals in the contact list to the recipient list compared to including individuals not in the contact list to the recipient list, wherein said recipient list represents a listing of parties who are to be notified of the change in contact information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for designating staff of a meeting, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable storage medium, which is a non-transitory, physical storage medium, having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable code configured to identify a change in contact information for a communicator; computer usable code configured to acquiring contact metrics for the communicator, wherein said contact metrics detail historic person-to-person communication instances between said communicator and at least one party; computer usable code configured to apply at least one previously established programmatic rule to the acquired contact metric to automatically determine whether each of the at least one party is a recipient who should be notified of the change in contact information based upon comparing the contact metrics relating to that party and the communicator against at least one previously established threshold; and computer usable code configured to selectively add recipients to a recipient list based upon results of the applied programmatic rule configured to prefer including individuals in the contact list to the recipient list compared to including individuals not in the contact list to the recipient list, wherein said recipient list represents a listing of parties who are to be notified of the change in contact information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising hardware for propagating contact updates comprising;
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a history data store, comprising a non-transitory storage medium, configured to store communication history information for a user; and a recipient list generator, comprising software executable by a processor, configured to automatically generate a list of recipients who are to receive a notification when a change to contact information for the user occurs, wherein the recipient list generator is configured to determine which recipients are to be included in the recipient list based upon the communication history information and configured to prefer including individuals in the contact list to the recipient list compared to including individuals not in the contact list to the recipient list. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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