Collaborative email with hierachical signature authority
First Claim
1. A method for writing a collaborative email document with delegable authorities, the method comprising:
- establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer, the collaborative email document comprising an email message body that includes inline editable email message text, an email “
To”
field, an email field indicating one or more signatories to the collaborative email document, and an email field indicating one or more collaborators of the collaborative email document;
providing to collaborators copies of the collaborative email document for viewing and editing the inline editable email message text within the email message body, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
updating the copies of the collaborative email document on the collaborators'"'"' computers using at least an instant messaging protocol with revisions of the inline editable email message text from the collaborators; and
sending the collaborative email document with the revisions of the inline editable email text message from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees.
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Abstract
Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories. Typical embodiments also include providing at least one user authority to delegate signature authority, establishing a hierarchy of delegation authority for signatures, establishing at least one authority delegation policy including at least one rule for automated delegation of signature authority among signatories and delegating signature authority from at least one signatory to another.
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1. A method for writing a collaborative email document with delegable authorities, the method comprising:
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establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer, the collaborative email document comprising an email message body that includes inline editable email message text, an email “
To”
field, an email field indicating one or more signatories to the collaborative email document, and an email field indicating one or more collaborators of the collaborative email document;providing to collaborators copies of the collaborative email document for viewing and editing the inline editable email message text within the email message body, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers; updating the copies of the collaborative email document on the collaborators'"'"' computers using at least an instant messaging protocol with revisions of the inline editable email message text from the collaborators; and sending the collaborative email document with the revisions of the inline editable email text message from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for writing a collaborative email document with delegable authorities, the computer program product stored on a non-transitory recording medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code configured to establish a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer, the collaborative email document comprising an email message body that includes inline editable email message text, an email “
To”
field, an email field indicating one or more signatories to the collaborative email document, and an email field indicating one or more collaborators of the collaborative email document;computer readable program code configured provide to collaborators copies of the collaborative email document for viewing and editing the inline editable email message text within the email message body, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers; computer readable program code configured to update the copies of the collaborative email document on the collaborators'"'"' computers using at least an instant messaging protocol with revisions of the inline editable email message text from the collaborators; and computer readable program code configured to send the collaborative email document with the revisions of the inline editable email text message from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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