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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Kathrin Rittmeyer, Berlin, DE;
Michael Schimko, South Melbourne, AU;
Sebastian Thomschke, Berlin, DE;
Kathrin Rittmeyer, Berlin, DE;
Michael Schimko, South Melbourne, AU;
Sebastian Thomschke, Berlin, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of creating an electronic message from a sender to a recipient suggests a salutation. The method may search for the recipient in the sender's address book for an address book salutation, e-mail folders for an e-mail salutation, chat logs for a chat salutation, and/or organization directory for a hierarchical salutation. If the method finds at least one of the address book salutation, the e-mail salutation, the chat salutation, or the hierarchical salutation, the method suggests a salutation to the sender. If the method cannot determine the address book salutation, the e-mail salutation, the chat salutation, and the method attempts to deduce a name of the recipient. If the method fails to deduce the name of the recipient, the method suggests a default salutation. If the method deduces the name of the recipient, the method attempts to deduce a country of residence for the recipient. If the method fails to deduce a country of residence for the recipient, the method suggests a salutation using the name of the recipient. If the method deduces the country of residence, the method suggests a salutation using the name of the recipient and a greeting appropriate for the country of residence.