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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2008
Kevin Corry, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Mark A. Peloquin, Austin, TX (US);
Steven Pratt, Leander, TX (US);
Santhosh Rao, Austin, TX (US);
Karl M. Rister, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Corry, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Mark A. Peloquin, Austin, TX (US);
Steven Pratt, Leander, TX (US);
Santhosh Rao, Austin, TX (US);
Karl M. Rister, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for transmitting an electronic mail message to one or more intended recipients, which allows the user to designate that an electronic mail message contains a request for information which requires a reply from the one or more intended recipients, monitors electronic mail messages incoming to the sender to detect whether a reply has been received within the response period, and upon receiving a reply from any of the one or more intended recipients, presents the reply to the sender with one or more user-selectable icons which allow the sender to accept the reply as sufficient or request more information from the one or more intended recipients in response to selection of a user-selectable icon.