Endorsing E-mail messages using social network verification
First Claim
1. A method for e-mail message endorsement in an e-mail management system, the method comprising:
- comparing a sender and a recipient of an e-mail message to identify linking relationships between the sender and the recipient by issuing over a computer communications network, a query of a social network in respect to the sender and the linking relationships between the sender and the recipient in the social network,sending over the computer communications network an endorsement notice to each end user of social network corresponding to a linking relationship between the sender and the recipient in order to request an endorsement of the sender by each end user;
receiving from over the computer communications networks at least one endorsement from a corresponding end user of the social network in response to the endorsement notice;
applying the at least one endorsement to the e-mail message; and
,visually distinguishing the e-mail message in the e-mail client based upon the applied endorsement.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for e-mail message endorsement in an e-mail management system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for e-mail message endorsement in an e-mail management system can be provided. The method can include comparing a sender and a recipient of an e-mail message in a social network to identify linking relationships between the sender and the recipient, scoring the e-mail message based upon the identified linking relationships, and visually distinguishing the e-mail message based upon the scoring. In one aspect of the embodiment, the method further can include repeating the comparing to identify new linking relationships, updating the scoring based upon the identified new linking relationships, and updating the visual distinction of the e-mail message based upon the updated scoring.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for e-mail message endorsement in an e-mail management system, the method comprising:
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comparing a sender and a recipient of an e-mail message to identify linking relationships between the sender and the recipient by issuing over a computer communications network, a query of a social network in respect to the sender and the linking relationships between the sender and the recipient in the social network, sending over the computer communications network an endorsement notice to each end user of social network corresponding to a linking relationship between the sender and the recipient in order to request an endorsement of the sender by each end user; receiving from over the computer communications networks at least one endorsement from a corresponding end user of the social network in response to the endorsement notice; applying the at least one endorsement to the e-mail message; and
,visually distinguishing the e-mail message in the e-mail client based upon the applied endorsement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An e-mail management data processing system comprising:
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an e-mail server executing in a host computing platform and communicatively coupled to a social networking system over a computer communications network; and
,social network endorsement logic coupled to the e-mail server, the logic comprising program code enabled to compare a sender and a recipient of an e-mail message to identify linking relationships between the sender and the recipient by issuing over a computer communications network, a query of a social network in respect to the sender and the linking relationships between the sender and the recipient in the social network, to send over the computer communications network an endorsement notice to each end user of social network corresponding to a linking relationship between the sender and the recipient in order to request an endorsement of the sender by each end user, to receive from over the computer communications networks at least one endorsement from a corresponding end user of the social network in response to the endorsement notice, to apply the at least one endorsement to the e-mail message, and to visually distinguish the e-mail message in the e-mail server based upon the applied endorsement.
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9. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage memory device storing computer usable program code for e-mail message endorsement in an e-mail management system, the computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code for comparing a sender and a recipient of an e-mail message to identify linking relationships between the sender and the recipient by issuing over a computer communications network, a query of a social network in respect to the sender and the linking relationships between the sender and the recipient in the social network; computer usable program code for sending over the computer communications network an endorsement notice to each end user of social network corresponding to a linking relationship between the sender and the recipient in order to request an endorsement of the sender by each end user; computer usable program code for receiving from over the computer communications networks at least one endorsement from a corresponding end user of the social network in response to the endorsement notice; computer usable program code for applying the at least one endorsement to the e-mail message; and
,computer usable program code for visually distinguishing the e-mail message in the e-mail client based upon the applied endorsement. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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