Cautious auto-entry for messaging systems
First Claim
1. A cautious auto-completion method comprising:
- auto-completing a messaging address provided in a messaging client;
computing a similar name set (SNS) value for the auto-completed messaging address according to a prior history by an end user of sending messages to the auto-completed messaging address; and
,posting a warning upon determining that the SNS value exceeds an SNS threshold.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to auto-entry of addresses in an electronic message and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for cautious auto-entry for messaging systems. In one embodiment of the invention, a cautious auto-completion method can be provided. The method include auto-completing a messaging address provided in a messaging client; computing a similar name set (SNS) value for the auto-completed messaging address; and, posting a warning if the SNS value exceeds an SNS threshold. As used herein, an SNS includes a list of similar messaging addresses having similarities likely to result in an unintended auto-completed messaging address in a messaging system.
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11 Claims
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1. A cautious auto-completion method comprising:
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auto-completing a messaging address provided in a messaging client; computing a similar name set (SNS) value for the auto-completed messaging address according to a prior history by an end user of sending messages to the auto-completed messaging address; and
,posting a warning upon determining that the SNS value exceeds an SNS threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A cautious auto-completion configured messaging data processing system comprising:
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a messaging client executing in a memory of a computer; an addressee master list communicatively linked to the messaging client; and
,cautious auto-completion logic executing on a processor of the computer and coupled to the messaging client and the addressee master list, the cautious auto-completion logic comprising program code enabled to generate an auto-completed messaging address, compute a similar name set (SNS) value for the auto-completed messaging address according to a prior history by an end user of sending messages to the auto-completed messaging address, and post a warning when the SNS value auto-completed messaging address has a similar name set (SNS) value that exceeds a prescribed SNS threshold.
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7. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium embodying having stored therein computer usable program code for cautious auto-completion, the computer program product including:
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computer usable program code which when executed by a computer hardware device, causes the computer hardware device to perform computer usable program code for auto-completing a messaging address provided in a messaging client; computer usable program code for computing a similar name set (SNS) value for the auto-completed messaging address according to a prior history by an end user of sending messages to the auto-completed messaging address; and computer usable program code for posting a warning upon determining that the SNS value exceeds an SNS threshold. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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