Method and Apparatus for Aggregating E-Mail Reply Data
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1. A method comprisingsending a first original e-mail message to a plurality of recipients;
- receiving a plurality of received e-mails;
for each of the plurality of received e-mails, determining if each received e-mail is a reply to the first original e-mail message;
extracting data from each received e-mail that is a reply to the first original e-mail message, wherein each received e-mail includes transmission content and body content, and wherein the step of extracting eliminates some of the body content information;
aggregating the extracted data to form aggregated data; and
displaying information relating to the aggregated data.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed comprising sending an original e-mail message to a plurality of recipients, and receiving a plurality of received e-mails. For each of the plurality of received e-mails, the method includes determining if each received e-mail is a reply to the original e-mail message, and extracting data from each received e-mail that is a reply to the original e-mail message. The extracted data is aggregated to form aggregated data, and information relating to the aggregated data is displayed. The information may be displayed on a computer monitor along with the original e-mail message.
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1. A method comprising
sending a first original e-mail message to a plurality of recipients; -
receiving a plurality of received e-mails; for each of the plurality of received e-mails, determining if each received e-mail is a reply to the first original e-mail message; extracting data from each received e-mail that is a reply to the first original e-mail message, wherein each received e-mail includes transmission content and body content, and wherein the step of extracting eliminates some of the body content information; aggregating the extracted data to form aggregated data; and displaying information relating to the aggregated data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising
means for sending a first original e-mail message to a plurality of recipients; -
means for receiving a plurality of received e-mails; means for determining if each received e-mail is a reply to the first original e-mail message; means for extracting data from each received e-mail that is a reply to the first original e-mail message, wherein each received e-mail includes transmission content and body content, and wherein the means for extracting eliminates some of the body content information; means for aggregating the extracted data to form aggregated data; and means for displaying information relating to the aggregated data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform the steps of:
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sending a first original e-mail message to a plurality of recipients; receiving a plurality of received e-mails; for each of the plurality of received e-mails, determining if each received e-mail is a reply to the first original e-mail message; extracting data from each received e-mail that is a reply to the first original e-mail message, wherein each received e-mail includes transmission content and body content, and wherein the step of extracting eliminates some of the body content information; aggregating the extracted data to form aggregated data; and displaying information relating to the aggregated data. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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