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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
Stephen Dowd, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chris E. Rowen, Bedford, NH (US);
Peter A. Spooner, Hollis, NH (US);
Stephen Dowd, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chris E. Rowen, Bedford, NH (US);
Peter A. Spooner, Hollis, NH (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating a catalog for use with at least one computer system that manages a plurality of email messages. The catalog provides an index into the plurality of email messages, and comprises a plurality of identifiers that each identifies an entity. The catalog also correlates at least some of the plurality of identifiers to corresponding email addresses. The method for creating a catalog comprises creating the catalog to include information defining a temporal interval during which at least one email address corresponds to a first entity.