Method and system for repurposing E-mail correspondence to save paper and ink

US8705092B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Adobe Systems Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Naveen Prakash Goel · Sidhauli, IN
• Mayur Hemani · New Delhi, IN
• Hemant Virmani · New Delhi, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

E-mail correspondence is repurposed to save paper and ink. An indication that a printout of e-mail correspondence from a printer has been requested is received. Further, a plurality of e-mail messages that belong to an e-mail conversation tree is detected. In addition, the plurality of e-mail messages in the e-mail conversation tree is reordered according to a respective timestamp associated with each e-mail message in the plurality of e-mail messages. The respective timestamp indicates a time of transmission. A root e-mail message is determined according to an earliest respective timestamp. The root e-mail message is a root node of the e-mail conversation tree. Further, a plurality of content blocks from the root e-mail message is recorded as a set of print blocks. In addition, a plurality of subsequent e-mail message content blocks with the set of print blocks.