Establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses in an e-mail
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving or sending an email message using email communication by an electronic device, said message containing email addresses of multiple users; and
creating, by said electronic device, group-data for an ad-hoc group of users out of said multiple users using said email addresses associated only with said users of said ad-hoc group,wherein said group-data contains one or more parameters for each of said users in said ad-hoc group, the parameters including alternative address information associated with each of the users in said ad-hoc group for instant message communication, the alternative address information being different than said email addresses used for said email communication by the electronic device.
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Abstract
This invention describes a method for establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses of users in a message (e.g., an e-mail) received or sent using a pre-selected communication method (e.g., an e-mail communication) by an electronic device. Any recipient or a sender of the e-mail message can use the e-mail addresses in the message in order to establish a permanent (stored in the device) or a temporary (used immediately in a context of another communication application) ad-hoc group. The user may select all or only a part of the people (other users) into the ad-hoc group. The group-data can have several types of addresses of users such as phone numbers, SIP addresses, wireless village IDs, etc. needed in conjunction with desired applications. Creating the ad-hoc group from the e-mail message can utilize information that already exists in the electronic device and, if needed, acquired additional information from a remote service.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving or sending an email message using email communication by an electronic device, said message containing email addresses of multiple users; and creating, by said electronic device, group-data for an ad-hoc group of users out of said multiple users using said email addresses associated only with said users of said ad-hoc group, wherein said group-data contains one or more parameters for each of said users in said ad-hoc group, the parameters including alternative address information associated with each of the users in said ad-hoc group for instant message communication, the alternative address information being different than said email addresses used for said email communication by the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform at least the following steps:
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receiving or sending an email message using email communication by an electronic device, said message containing email addresses of multiple users, and creating, by said electronic device, group-data for an ad-hoc group of users out of said multiple users said email addresses associated only with said users of said ad-hoc group, wherein said group-data contains one or more parameters for each of said users in said ad-hoc group, the parameters including alternative address information associated with each of the users in said ad-hoc group for instant message communication, the alternative email address information being different than said email addresses used for the email communications by the electronic device.
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, cause, at least in part, receiving or sending of an email message using email communication by an electronic device, said message containing email addresses of multiple users, and create group-data for an ad-hoc group of users out of said multiple users using said email addresses associated only with said users of said ad-hoc group, wherein said group-data contains one or more parameters for each of said users in said ad-hoc group, the parameters including alternative address information associated with each of the users in said ad-hoc group for instant message communication, the alternative email address information being different than said email addresses used for the email communication by the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic device, comprising:
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receiving and sending means for receiving or sending an email message using an email communication containing email addresses of multiple users, and controlling means for creating group-data for an ad-hoc group of users out of said multiple users using said email addresses contained in said message associated only with said users of said ad-hoc group, wherein said group-data contains one or more parameters for each of said users in said ad-hoc group, the parameters including alternative address information associated with each of the users in said ad-hoc group for instant message communication, the alternative address information being different than said email addresses used for the email communication by said electronic device.
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17. A message control module executed at a processor comprising:
one or more modules configured to receive signaling containing information about creating an ad-hoc group of users out of multiple users with email addresses contained in a message communicated using email communication, and also configured to create the ad-hoc group having group-data using said email addresses associated only with said users of said ad-hoc group, wherein the ad-hoc group is based at least partly on the email addresses contained in the message communicated using the email communication, and further wherein the group-data is based at least partly on alternative address information other than the email addresses contained in the message for communicating with the ad-hoc group using instant message communication. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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