Providing searching strategy in connection with answering question in message
First Claim
1. A method for providing a searching strategy in connection with answering a question in a message, the method comprising:
- detecting a message being received from a sender of a client device containing a question, wherein said sender is an author of said message containing said question;
automatically monitoring steps performed by a recipient of said message online to answer said question, wherein said steps involve search terms and selections of uniform resource locators;
storing said monitored steps in a database in response to detecting content answering said question being inserted in a reply message responding to said message;
automatically attaching, by a processor, said stored monitored steps to said reply message as tags or inserting a link to said database in said reply message to retrieve said stored monitored steps thereby allowing said sender to replay an online searching strategy used by said recipient to answer said question; and
sending said reply message with said tagged monitored steps or said link to said database to retrieve said stored monitored steps to said sender.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for providing a searching strategy in connection with answering a question in a message. A message containing a question is detected as being received from a sender. The steps performed by the recipient of the message to answer the question are monitored. Content is detected as being inserted in a reply message responding to the sender'"'"'s message via a copy and paste operation. In response to detecting the copy and paste operation, the monitored steps utilized by the user in the user'"'"'s searching strategy in arriving at an answer to the sender'"'"'s question are stored in a database. The monitored steps are then attached to the reply message as tags or a link to the database to retrieve the stored monitored steps is inserted in the reply message thereby allowing the sender to replay the searching strategy used in answering the sender'"'"'s question.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a searching strategy in connection with answering a question in a message, the method comprising:
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detecting a message being received from a sender of a client device containing a question, wherein said sender is an author of said message containing said question; automatically monitoring steps performed by a recipient of said message online to answer said question, wherein said steps involve search terms and selections of uniform resource locators; storing said monitored steps in a database in response to detecting content answering said question being inserted in a reply message responding to said message; automatically attaching, by a processor, said stored monitored steps to said reply message as tags or inserting a link to said database in said reply message to retrieve said stored monitored steps thereby allowing said sender to replay an online searching strategy used by said recipient to answer said question; and sending said reply message with said tagged monitored steps or said link to said database to retrieve said stored monitored steps to said sender. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for providing a searching strategy in connection with answering a question in a message, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising the programming instructions for:
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detecting a message being received from a sender of a client device containing a question, wherein said sender is an author of said message containing said question; automatically monitoring steps performed by a recipient of said message online to answer said question, wherein said steps involve search terms and selections of uniform resource locators; storing said monitored steps in a database in response to detecting content answering said question being inserted in a reply message responding to said message; automatically attaching said stored monitored steps to said reply message as tags or inserting a link to said database in said reply message to retrieve said stored monitored steps thereby allowing said sender to replay an online searching strategy used by said recipient to answer said question; and sending said reply message with said tagged monitored steps or said link to said database to retrieve said stored monitored steps to said sender. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing a computer program for providing a searching strategy in connection with answering a question in a message; and a processor coupled to the memory unit, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions of the computer program comprising; detecting a message being received from a sender of a client device containing a question, wherein said sender is an author of said message containing said question; automatically monitoring steps performed by a recipient of said message online to answer said question, wherein said steps involve search terms and selections of uniform resource locators; storing said monitored steps in a database in response to detecting content answering said question being inserted in a reply message responding to said message; automatically attaching said stored monitored steps to said reply message as tags or inserting a link to said database in said reply message to retrieve said stored monitored steps thereby allowing said sender to replay an online searching strategy used by said recipient to answer said question; and sending said reply message with said tagged monitored steps or said link to said database to retrieve said stored monitored steps to said sender. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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