Method and apparatus for defining messaging identities
First Claim
1. A method for creating an extender catalog for use with at least one email system that manages a plurality of email messages, wherein at least some of the plurality of email messages are archived email messages, the method comprising:
- creating the extender catalog comprising a plurality of identifiers that each identifies an entity and at least some of the plurality of identifiers having corresponding email addresses, wherein the extender catalog includes, for at least a first one of the plurality of identifiers that identifies a first entity, information defining a temporal interval during which at least one email address corresponds to the first entity, and wherein the extender catalog includes at least some information that is different than information in a global address catalog (GAC) having information and providing an index into the plurality of email messages managed by the at least one email system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating a catalog for use with at least one computer system that manages a plurality of email messages. The catalog provides an index into the plurality of email messages, and comprises a plurality of identifiers that each identifies an entity. The catalog also correlates at least some of the plurality of identifiers to corresponding email addresses. The method for creating a catalog comprises creating the catalog to include information defining a temporal interval during which at least one email address corresponds to a first entity.
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1. A method for creating an extender catalog for use with at least one email system that manages a plurality of email messages, wherein at least some of the plurality of email messages are archived email messages, the method comprising:
creating the extender catalog comprising a plurality of identifiers that each identifies an entity and at least some of the plurality of identifiers having corresponding email addresses, wherein the extender catalog includes, for at least a first one of the plurality of identifiers that identifies a first entity, information defining a temporal interval during which at least one email address corresponds to the first entity, and wherein the extender catalog includes at least some information that is different than information in a global address catalog (GAC) having information and providing an index into the plurality of email messages managed by the at least one email system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed, perform a method for creating an extender catalog for use with at least one email system that manages a plurality of email messages, wherein at least some of the plurality of email messages are archived email messages, the method comprising:
creating the extender catalog comprising a plurality of identifiers that each identifies an entity and at least some of the plurality of identifiers having corresponding email addresses, wherein the extender catalog includes, for at least a first one of the plurality of identifiers that identifies a first entity, information defining a temporal interval during which at least one email address corresponds to the first entity, and wherein the extender catalog includes at least some information that is different than information in a global address catalog (GAC) having information and providing an index into the plurality of email messages managed by the at least one email system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. At least one apparatus for creating an extender catalog for use with at least one email system that manages a plurality of email messages, wherein at least some of the plurality of email messages are archived email messages, the at least one apparatus comprising:
at least one processor programmed to create the extender catalog comprising a plurality of identifiers that each identifies an entity and at least some of the plurality of identifiers having corresponding email addresses, wherein the extender catalog includes, for at least a first one of the plurality of identifiers that identifies a first entity, information defining a temporal interval during which at least one email address corresponds to the first entity, and wherein the extender catalog includes at least some information that is different than information in a global address catalog (GAC) having information and providing an index into the plurality of email messages managed by the at least one email system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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