Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for automatically collecting information in a messaging system
- Patent Title (中): 自动收集信息系统中信息的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12181353Application Date: 2008-07-29
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Publication No.: US08341228B2Publication Date: 2012-12-25
- Inventor: Jane Li , Xue Zhe Liu , Che Pan , Li Xu
- Applicant: Jane Li , Xue Zhe Liu , Che Pan , Li Xu
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent Daniel McLoughlin
- Priority: CN200710137174 20070730
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
A method and system for automatically collecting information in messaging system. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: setting a flag indicating an information collection and an initiation flag for a message for requesting information collection by an information requestor; generating a unique identifier for identifying a task for the information collection, and sending the message; when replying to the message for requesting information collection, setting a reply flag for a replied message and sending the replied message, wherein information required to be collected is included in the replied message; and extracting the information required to be collected by the task for the information collection identified by the unique identifier from the replied message in accordance with the flag indicating an information collection and the reply flag, consolidating the information into a single summary document, and providing the summary document to the information requester.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090037545A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTING INFORMATION IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2009-02-05
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