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System and method for automatically searching for documents related to calendar and email entries

  • US 8,271,481 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2010
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by a processor to perform a method for generating an automatic search query for an electronic mail application integrating an electronic calendar system, the method comprising:

  • monitoring documents with which a user has interacted;

    obtaining content data and metadata from the monitored documents;

    obtaining an index of documents with which the user has interacted by indexing the content data and metadata obtained from the monitored documents;

    receiving an input comprising a user-selected calendar entry from the electronic calendar system;

    in response to receiving the user-selected calendar entry, generating a search query from the user-selected calendar entry to search the index of documents with which the user has interacted for one or more documents related to the selected calendar entry;

    executing the search query by locating one or more documents in the index of documents with which the user has interacted that are related to the selected calendar entry; and

    providing search results to the user, wherein the search results include the one or more documents located during the execution of the search query.

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