Patents Represented by Attorney James G. Hunton & Williams Gatto
  • Patent number: 5893099
    Abstract: A system and method for processing electronic mail status rendezvous. A system for processing electronic mail status rendezvous includes an object for receiving a status message having incomplete reported recipient information; an object for initiating a candidate list of a plurality of candidates, the candidates being selected according to an identification in the status message; an object for preparing a search list of object identifiers; an object for eliminating non-matching candidates; and an object for selecting a matching candidate. A method for processing electronic mail status rendezvous includes the steps of receiving a status message having incomplete reported recipient information; preparing a candidate list of a plurality of candidates; the candidates selected according to an identification in the status message, preparing a search list of object identifiers; eliminating non-matching candidates; and selecting a matching candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Robert W. Schreiber, Gordon K. Arnold, Robert S. Miles