CONCEPTS FOR USING ACTION IDENTIFIERS IN MESSAGES

摘要

Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for automatically carrying out actions based on action identifiers in messages. In one embodiment, an appropriate computing entity can determine whether a message comprises an action identifier in the message. If the message comprises an action identifier, one or more of the parties of message can be identified and the corresponding action can be initiated.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining whether an electronic message from a purchasing party comprises an action identifier in the electronic message, the action identifier initiating (a) the purchase of an item by the purchasing party and (b) the generation of a shipping record for the item; responsive to determining that the electronic message from the purchasing party comprises the action identifier in the electronic message, determining (a) the identity of the purchasing party based at least in part on the electronic message, (b) the item being purchased based at least in part on the electronic message, and (c) a physical address of the purchasing party based at least in part on the electronic message; and automatically initiating (a) the purchase of the item for the purchasing party and (b) the generation of a shipping record for the item, the shipping record identifying the purchasing party of the item and the physical address of the purchasing party.