Automatic categorization of email in a mail system
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1. A method comprising:
- associating a first rule to email at a sending end; and
employing the first rule to direct automatic categorization of the email at a receiving end, the employing comprising;
evaluating a condition specified in the first rule, the condition being dependent upon a content of the email that is different from data of the first rule; and
executing the first rule responsive to the condition being satisfied, wherein the first rule is used as a hint in a second rule existing at the receiver end, wherein the first rule suggests a first folder for the automatic categorization, and wherein the automatic categorization uses the hint to find a second folder, which is closest matching to the first folder, from a plurality of available folders at the receiving end, wherein a name of the first folder includes a word, and the second folder is closest matching to the first folder for including a synonym of the word in a name of the second folder.
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Abstract
A sender-driven framework for enhancing the categorization of emails, wherein the sender is able to create or define rules that refine or augment those at the receiver'"'"'s end. Particularly, the sender is enabled, in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, to add information relating to the context of an email, which can help streamline categorization at the receiver'"'"'s end.
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1. A method comprising:
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associating a first rule to email at a sending end; and employing the first rule to direct automatic categorization of the email at a receiving end, the employing comprising; evaluating a condition specified in the first rule, the condition being dependent upon a content of the email that is different from data of the first rule; and executing the first rule responsive to the condition being satisfied, wherein the first rule is used as a hint in a second rule existing at the receiver end, wherein the first rule suggests a first folder for the automatic categorization, and wherein the automatic categorization uses the hint to find a second folder, which is closest matching to the first folder, from a plurality of available folders at the receiving end, wherein a name of the first folder includes a word, and the second folder is closest matching to the first folder for including a synonym of the word in a name of the second folder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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a storage device including a storage medium, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code; and a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code, and wherein the computer usable program code comprises; computer usable code for a rule applier which associates a first rule to email at a sending end; and computer usable code for a rule manager for employing the first rule to direct automatic categorization of the email at a receiving end, the computer usable code for the rule manager for employing the first rule comprising; computer usable code for evaluating a condition specified in the first rule, the condition being dependent upon a content of the email that is different from data of the first rule; and computer usable code for executing the first rule responsive to the condition being satisfied, wherein the first rule is used as a hint in a second rule existing at the receiver end, wherein the first rule suggests a first folder for the automatic categorization, and wherein the automatic categorization uses the hint to find a second folder, which is closest matching to the first folder, from a plurality of available folders at the receiving end, wherein a name of the first folder includes a word, and the second folder is closest matching to the first folder for including a synonym of the word in a name of the second folder. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising:
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associating a first rule to email at a sending end; and employing the first rule to direct automatic categorization of the email at a receiving end, the employing comprising; evaluating a condition specified in the first rule, the condition being dependent upon a content of the email that is different from data of the first rule; and executing the first rule responsive to the condition being satisfied, wherein the first rule is used as a hint in a second rule existing at the receiver end, wherein the first rule suggests a first folder for the automatic categorization, and wherein the automatic categorization uses the hint to find a second folder, which is closest matching to the first folder, from a plurality of available folders at the receiving end, wherein a name of the first folder includes a word, and the second folder is closest matching to the first folder for including a synonym of the word in a name of the second folder. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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