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Action assignment and tracking functionality for email

  • US 9,882,849 B2
  • Filed: 03/17/2015
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for action assignment and tracking, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, by one or more computer processors, a first email from a first computing device wherein the first email includes at least one action assigned by a sender of the first email to at least one recipient of the first email;

    determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the sender specified a due date for the at least one action;

    determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the sender specified one or more time intervals for a status update of the at least one action;

    responsive to determining the sender specified at least one of the due date for the at least one action and the one or more time intervals for a status update of the at least one action, initiating, by the one or more computer processors, a timer;

    responsive to determining the at least one action includes the due date, determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the at least one recipient is available;

    responsive to determining the at least one recipient is not available, determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the at least one recipient will be available prior to the due date of the at least one action;

    responsive to determining the at least one recipient is not available prior to the due date of the at least one action, notifying, by the one or more computer processors, via a short messaging service message, the at least one recipient that the first email is sent; and

    responsive to determining the sender specified the one or more time intervals for the status update of the at least one action, providing, by the one or more computer processors, a status of the at least one action to the sender at the one or more time intervals.

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