Method and apparatus for searching messaging identities
First Claim
1. A method for creating a catalog for use with at least one computer system that manages a plurality of email messages, the method comprising:
- creating an extender catalog that includes an index of the plurality of email messages and a plurality of display identifiers, each display identifier identifies an entity, wherein the extender catalog correlates each of at least some of the plurality of display identifiers to multiple corresponding email addresses, wherein the extender catalog includes a user interface that enables the display identifiers to be displayed to a user and that enables the extender catalog to be searched based upon at least some information other than the display identifiers, and wherein the computer system is an email system having a global address catalog (GAC); and
providing an extension system that interfaces with the email system and manages a first subset of the plurality of email messages, wherein the extender catalog includes at least some information that is different than information in the global address catalog (GAC).
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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 display identifiers that each identifies an entity. The catalog correlates at least some of the plurality of display identifiers to corresponding email addresses. The method comprises creating the catalog to include a user interface that enables the display identifiers to be displayed to a user and that enables the catalog to be searched based upon at least some information other than the display identifiers.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for creating a catalog for use with at least one computer system that manages a plurality of email messages, the method comprising:
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creating an extender catalog that includes an index of the plurality of email messages and a plurality of display identifiers, each display identifier identifies an entity, wherein the extender catalog correlates each of at least some of the plurality of display identifiers to multiple corresponding email addresses, wherein the extender catalog includes a user interface that enables the display identifiers to be displayed to a user and that enables the extender catalog to be searched based upon at least some information other than the display identifiers, and wherein the computer system is an email system having a global address catalog (GAC); and providing an extension system that interfaces with the email system and manages a first subset of the plurality of email messages, wherein the extender catalog includes at least some information that is different than information in the global address catalog (GAC). - 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 a catalog for use with at least one computer system that manages a plurality of email messages, the method comprising:
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creating an extender catalog that includes an index of the plurality of email messages and a plurality of display identifiers, each display identifier identifies an entity, wherein the extender catalog correlates each of at least some of the plurality of display identifiers to multiple corresponding email addresses, wherein the extender catalog includes a user interface that enables the display identifiers to be displayed to a user and that enables the extender catalog to be searched based upon at least some information other than the display identifiers, and wherein the computer system is an email system having a global address catalog (GAC); and providing an extension system that interfaces with the email system and manages a first subset of the plurality of email messages, wherein the extender catalog includes at least some information that is different than information in the global address catalog (GAC). - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. At least one apparatus for creating a catalog for use with at least one computer system that manages a plurality of email messages, the at least one apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor programmed to create an extender catalog that includes an index of the plurality of email messages and a plurality of display identifiers, each display identifier identifies an entity, wherein the extender catalog correlates each of at least some of the plurality of display identifiers to multiple corresponding email addresses, wherein the extender catalog includes a user interface that enables the display identifiers to be displayed to a user and that enables the extender catalog to be searched based upon at least some information other than the display identifiers, and wherein the computer system is an email system having a global address catalog (GAC); and the processor further programmed to provide an extension system that interfaces with the email system and manages a first subset of the plurality of email messages, wherein the extender catalog includes at least some information that is different than information in the global address catalog (GAC). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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