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Managing redundancy in electronic mail messages

US8782148B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Thomas H. Gnech · Eppelheim, DE
Joachim Rese · Hockenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2010
Grant date	Jul 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L51/42
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer implemented method and system is provided for managing emails within an email system or email box. At the creation of a new email at the email system, an identification of its content (CID) is calculated, the result of that calculation being stored in a header of that email to be forwarded together with the new email. It is checked at the email system when receiving an email to determine whether the email includes a CID identifying the content of that email. If this is not the case, then a CID of the content of the received email is calculated, the resulting CID being stored in the header of that email together with the email. A comparison between the received email and the already stored emails at the email system is performed by comparing the corresponding CID of the received email with the CID of the stored emails. The email system is reorganized by superseding duplicate emails having the same CID.

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