Email management and rendering

• US 8,266,220 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Jaramillo, David, Redman, Jerry W., Thorson, Derral C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Won, Michael Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fan, Hua
• Application Number:
  US11/226,746
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061401A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,554 Days
• Field of Search: 709206-207
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for email management and rendering, including receiving aggregated email in native form, synthesizing the aggregated native form email into synthesized email, and presenting the synthesized email. Synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email may also include translating aspects of the native form email into text and markup. Synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email may also include identifying attachments to the aggregated native form email and translating aspects of the attachments into text and markup. Presenting the synthesized email also includes identifying a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rules and executing the presentation action.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for email management and rendering, the method comprising:

receiving aggregated native form email in native form;

creating prioritization rules identifying an importance of the aggregated native form email in dependence upon a user'"'"'s email preferences, wherein prioritization rules identify priority characteristics according to the user'"'"'s email preferences in the aggregated native form email, thereby providing the user with a vehicle for browsing the highest priority emails first and the lowest priority emails last among the aggregated native form email;

identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email, the priority characteristics including a predetermined name of a sender or recipient of the aggregated native form email or a predetermined keyword found in the content of the aggregated native form email or in the header of the aggregated native form email, the predetermined name or keyword used to determine the importance of the aggregated native form email;

synthesizing the aggregated native form email into synthesized email including translating aspects of the aggregated native form email into text and markup; and

presenting the synthesized email in order of importance according to the prioritization rules, further comprising;

identifying a presentation action in dependence upon a presentation rule, wherein the presentation rule associates the presentation action with one or more conditions of a first user device upon which the synthesized email is rendered, wherein the presentation rule further identifies a second user device upon which the synthesized email is rendered if the first user device is unavailable for rendering the synthesized email; and

executing the presentation action, wherein the presentation action carries out presentation of the synthesized email to the first user device if the first user device is available for rendering the synthesized email and to the second user device if the first user device is unavailable for rendering the synthesized email.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the aggregated native form email comprises a first data type in a first file format compatible with a first data-specific device and a second data type in a second file format compatible with a second data-specific device;

and

wherein the first file format is not compatible with the second data-specific device, and the second file format is not compatible with the first data-specific device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprises identifying attachments to the aggregated native form email and translating aspects of the attachments into text and markup.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email; and

wherein;

synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprises prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics; and

presenting the synthesized email further comprises presenting the prioritized synthesized email.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

receiving email preferences from a user; and

creating prioritization rules in dependence upon the email preferences.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics further comprises creating priority markup representing the priority characteristics and associating the priority markup with the synthesized email.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein associating the priority markup with the synthesized email further comprises:

creating an email priority markup document; and

inserting the priority markup into the email priority markup document.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein presenting the prioritized synthesized email further comprises presenting the prioritized synthesized email in accordance with the priority markup.

9. A system for email management and rendering, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions configured to;

receive aggregated native form email in native form;

create prioritization rules identifying an importance of the aggregated native form email in dependence upon a user'"'"'s email preferences, wherein prioritization rules identify priority characteristics according to the user'"'"'s email preferences in the aggregated native form email, thereby providing the user with a vehicle for browsing the highest priority emails first and the lowest priority emails last among the aggregated native form email;

identify, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email, the priority characteristics including a predetermined name of a sender or recipient of the aggregated native form email or a predetermined keyword found in the content of the aggregated native form email or in the header of the aggregated native form email, the predetermined name or keyword used to determine the importance of the aggregated native form email;

synthesize the aggregated native form email into synthesized email including translating aspects of the aggregated native form email into text and markup; and

present the synthesized email in order of importance according to the prioritization rules, further comprising;

identifying a presentation action in dependence upon a presentation rule, wherein the presentation rule associates the presentation action with one or more conditions of a first user device upon which the synthesized email is rendered, wherein the presentation rule further identifies a second user device upon which the synthesized email is rendered if the first user device is unavailable for rendering the synthesized email; and

executing the presentation action, wherein the presentation action carries out presentation of the synthesized email to the first user device if the first user device is available for rendering the synthesized email and to the second user device if the first user device is unavailable for rendering the synthesized email.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the aggregated native form email comprises a first data type in a first file format compatible with a first data-specific device and a second data type in a second file format compatible with a second data-specific device;

and

wherein the first file format is not compatible with the second data-specific device, and the second file format is not compatible with the first data-specific device.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of identifying attachments to the aggregated native form email and computer program instructions capable of translating aspects of the attachments into text and markup.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email;

prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics; and

presenting the prioritized synthesized email.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

receiving email preferences from a user; and

creating prioritization rules in dependence upon the email preferences.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of creating priority markup representing the priority characteristics and associating the priority markup with the synthesized email.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

creating an email priority markup document; and

inserting the priority markup into the email priority markup document.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of presenting the prioritized synthesized email in accordance with the priority markup.

17. A computer program product for data customization for data of disparate data types, the computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions configured to receive aggregated native form email in native form;

computer program instructions configured to create prioritization rules identifying an importance of the aggregated native form email in dependence upon a user'"'"'s email preferences, wherein prioritization rules identify priority characteristics according to the user'"'"'s email preferences in the aggregated native form email, thereby providing the user with a vehicle for browsing the highest priority emails first and the lowest priority emails last among the aggregated native form email;

computer program instructions configured to identify, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email, the priority characteristics including a predetermined name of a sender or recipient of the aggregated native form email or a predetermined keyword found in the content of the aggregated native form email or in the header of the aggregated native form email, the predetermined name or keyword used to determine the importance of the aggregated native form email;

computer program instructions configured to synthesize the aggregated native form email into synthesized email including translating aspects of the aggregated native form email into text and markup; and

computer program instructions configured to present the synthesized email in order of importance according to the prioritization rules, further comprising;

computer program instructions configured to identify a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rule, wherein the presentation rule associates the presentation action with one or more conditions of a first user device upon which the synthesized email is rendered, wherein the presentation rule further identifies a second user device upon which the synthesized email is rendered if the first user device is unavailable for rendering the synthesized email; and

computer program instructions configured to execute the presentation action, wherein the presentation action includes computer program instructions to carry out presentation of the synthesized email to the first user device if the first user device is available for rendering the synthesized email to the second user device if the first user device is unavailable for rendering the synthesized email.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the aggregated native form email comprises a first data type in a first file format compatible with a first data-specific device and a second data type in a second file format compatible with a second data-specific device;

and

wherein the first file format is not compatible with the second data-specific device, and the second file format is not compatible with the first data-specific device.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprise computer program instructions for identifying attachments to the aggregated native form email and translating aspects of the attachments into text and markup.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

computer program instructions for identifying according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form email; and

wherein;

computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form email into a synthesized email further comprises prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority characteristics; and

computer program instructions for presenting the synthesized email further comprises presenting the prioritized synthesized email.

21. The computer program product of claim 20 further comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving email preferences from a user; and

computer program instructions for creating prioritization rule in dependence upon the email preferences.

22. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein computer program instructions for prioritizing the synthesized email according to the priority markup representing the priority characteristics and computer program instructions for associating the priority markup with the synthesized email.

23. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein computer program instructions for associating the priority markup with the synthesized email further comprise:

computer program instructions for creating an email priority markup document; and

computer program instructions for inserting the priority markup into the email priority markup document.

24. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein computer program instructions for presenting the prioritized synthesized email further comprise computer program instructions for presenting the prioritized synthesized email in accordance with the priority markup.