Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ad hoc message sharing between email and social networks
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Application No.: US14269751Application Date: 2014-05-05
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Publication No.: US09935912B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Corville O. Allen , Lee N. Helgeson , Jenny S. Li , Philip J. Sanders
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Bunker, Esq.
- Main IPC: H04L12/58
- IPC: H04L12/58

Abstract:
There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for sharing messages between an email client and a social network. The system prepares, based on an input from a sender, an email message by using the email client. The system identifies a portion of the email message to be shared with one or more users in the social network. The system tags the portion of the email message with identities of the one or more users in the social network. The system accesses the social network with credential of the sender. The system posts the portion of the email message on social network pages of the one or more users under a name of the sender.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150319126A1 AD HOC MESSAGE SHARING BETWEEN EMAIL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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