Body-less email for asynchronous chat-like communications and email-chat integration
First Claim
1. A computer program product for communicating with a user of a processor-based device over a network, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;
computer readable program code configured to convert a synchronous electronic communication into a body-less electronic mail message having a subject line and lacking a message body capable of receiving message content; and
computer readable program code configured to place, in response to converting the synchronous electronic communication into a body-less electronic mail message, each text message of the synchronous communication into the subject line of the body-less electronic mail message.
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Abstract
A system and method integrate synchronous electronic (e.g., chat) communications with asynchronous electronic communications in the form of body-less electronic mail messages (emails). Body-less emails have a subject line but lack a message body capable of receiving message content. When converting a synchronous electronic communication into a body-less email, a processor places each text message of the synchronous electronic communication into the subject line of the body-less email. When converting a received body-less email into a synchronous electronic communication, the processor places each text message in the subject line of the body-less email into a chat format. A user can readily transition between asynchronous and synchronous communications.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer program product for communicating with a user of a processor-based device over a network, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to convert a synchronous electronic communication into a body-less electronic mail message having a subject line and lacking a message body capable of receiving message content; and computer readable program code configured to place, in response to converting the synchronous electronic communication into a body-less electronic mail message, each text message of the synchronous communication into the subject line of the body-less electronic mail message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product for communicating with a user of a processor-based device over a network, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to convert a received synchronous electronic communication into a body-less electronic mail message having a subject line and lacking a message body capable of receiving message content, computer readable program code configured to place each text message of the received synchronous electronic communication into the subject line of the body-less electronic mail message when converting the received synchronous electronic communication into the body-less electronic mail message; and computer readable program code configured to convert a received body-less electronic mail message into a synchronous electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing system comprising:
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a processor executing computer readable program code configured to convert a synchronous electronic communication into a body-less electronic mail message having a subject line and lacking a message body capable of receiving message content, the processor placing, in response to converting the synchronous electronic communication into the body-less electronic mail message, each text message of the synchronous communication into the subject line of the body-less electronic mail message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of communicating with a user of a processor-based device over a network, the method comprising:
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converting a synchronous communication into a body-less electronic mail message having a subject line and lacking a message body capable of receiving message content; and placing, in response to converting the synchronous communication, each text message of the synchronous communication into the subject line of the body-less electronic mail message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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