Method to initiate server based collaboration on E-mail attachments
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1. A method for allowing a user to initiate collaboration on a document, comprising:
- accepting from said user a message for electronic delivery to one or more recipients, said message comprising recipient data identifying said one or more recipients and a link into one or more attached documents upon which collaboration is to be initiated, said link directing said one or more recipients to a collaboration server;
sending a request to said collaboration server to initiate collaboration on said one or more attached documents by collaborators comprising said one or more recipients and the user; and
sending said message to said one or more recipients.
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Abstract
Server-based collaboration is initiated by an email. When the user creates the email message with attachments, a collaboration website is provisioned. The collaboration website allows collaborations on the attached documents by the recipients of the message. The ease of collaboration with email and the advantages of the collaboration server are thus both available to the user.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for allowing a user to initiate collaboration on a document, comprising:
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accepting from said user a message for electronic delivery to one or more recipients, said message comprising recipient data identifying said one or more recipients and a link into one or more attached documents upon which collaboration is to be initiated, said link directing said one or more recipients to a collaboration server; sending a request to said collaboration server to initiate collaboration on said one or more attached documents by collaborators comprising said one or more recipients and the user; and sending said message to said one or more recipients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for allowing a user to initiate collaboration on a document, comprising:
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a memory that stores computer executable code; and a processor that processes said computer executable code to implement; an electronic messaging application that accepts from said user a message for electronic delivery to one or more recipients, said message comprising recipient data identifying said one or more recipients and a link into one or more attached documents upon which collaboration is to be initiated, said link directing said one or more recipients to a collaboration server; a collaboration request module that sends a request to said collaboration server to initiate collaboration on said one or more attached documents by collaborators comprising said one or more recipients and the user; and an electronic message server that sends said message to said one or more recipients. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for initiating collaboration, comprising:
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generating a message for electronic delivery to one or more recipients, said message comprising recipient data identifying said one or more recipients and a link into one or more attached documents upon which collaboration is to be initiated, said link directing said one or more recipients to a collaboration server; initiating said collaboration server for initiating collaboration on said one or more attached documents; and sending said message to said one or more recipients. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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