Management of parallel user inputs in electronic communications
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1. A method comprising:
- recording to a database a first master participant list associated with a first message thread, the first master participant list including a sender and each recipient of a first message of the first message thread;
identifying a plurality of message threads including the first message thread, wherein each message thread is a set of messages, each message thread having a corresponding master participant list recorded to the database;
establishing a message directed to a target participant list, the message associated with the first message thread;
identifying in the database the first master participant list associated with the first message thread of the message;
comparing target participants of the target participant list in the message with thread participants of the first master participant list;
responsive to a target participant of the target participants not being included as a thread participant of the thread participants in the first master participant list, adding the target participant to the first master participant list;
collecting a set of missed messages in the first message thread not received by the target participant, including one or more missed messages occurring in parallel with the target participant being added to the first master participant list; and
sending the set of missed messages to the target participant as a message directed only to the target participant.
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Abstract
A discussion thread is associated with a master recipients list that is maintained at an author'"'"'s computer or a server computer. The recipients list is revised as participants in the discussion are added to and/or removed from the discussion. An author is notified when target recipients do not match the master recipients list. When a participant is added to the discussion from an old discussion instance, a thread manager provides for the added participant to receive a more current discussion instance.
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1. A method comprising:
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recording to a database a first master participant list associated with a first message thread, the first master participant list including a sender and each recipient of a first message of the first message thread; identifying a plurality of message threads including the first message thread, wherein each message thread is a set of messages, each message thread having a corresponding master participant list recorded to the database; establishing a message directed to a target participant list, the message associated with the first message thread; identifying in the database the first master participant list associated with the first message thread of the message; comparing target participants of the target participant list in the message with thread participants of the first master participant list; responsive to a target participant of the target participants not being included as a thread participant of the thread participants in the first master participant list, adding the target participant to the first master participant list; collecting a set of missed messages in the first message thread not received by the target participant, including one or more missed messages occurring in parallel with the target participant being added to the first master participant list; and sending the set of missed messages to the target participant as a message directed only to the target participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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