Method and System for Notification of Local Action Required to Contents of Electronic Mail Message
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system to alert the recipient of an electronic message of some action that is required from the recipient. The invention also provides a method to alert the sender of the electronic message of the completion of the action required in the original electronic mail message. In the method of the present invention, the originator or recipient of an electronic mail message can choose to designate the message as one that requires an action by the message recipient. The recipient will notice the ‘Action Required’ icon and will be alerted to the fact that an action is required with this message. At the completion of the action, the sender of the original message will receive a notification that the requested action has been taken by the recipient.
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23. A method for notifying the recipient of an electronic message mail of a local action required to the contents of the electronic mail message comprising the steps of:
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receiving an electronic message; determining whether there is a local action required by recipient in response to the contents of the message; determining whether recipient has performed an action in response to the contents of the message within; generating a message at the recipient location to remind the recipient to perform an action in response to the received message when there is a determination that recipient has not performed an action in response to the received message within a determined period of time; and transmitting an action completion message to the sender of the original electronic message notifying the sender of the completion of the local action by the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for notifying the recipient of an electronic message mail of a local action required to the contents of the electronic mail message comprising:
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instructions receiving an electronic message; instructions determining whether there is a local action required by recipient in response to the contents of the message; instructions determining whether recipient has performed an action in response to the contents of the message within; instructions generating a message at the recipient location to remind the recipient to perform an action in response to the received message, when there is a determination that recipient has not performed an action in response to the received message within a determined period of time; and instructions for transmitting an action completion message to the sender of the original electronic message notifying the sender of the completion of the local action by the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for notifying the recipient of an electronic message mail of a local action required to the contents of the electronic mail message comprising the steps of:
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receiving an electronic message; determining whether there is a local action required by recipient in response to the contents of the message; perform periodic message reply checks to determine whether recipient has performed an action in response to the contents of the message within; and after a periodic check generating a message at the recipient location to remind the recipient to perform an action in response to the received message, when there is a determination that recipient has not performed an action in response to the received message. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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