Checking electronic messages for compliance with user intent

摘要

Intention data is used to determine an intent of a sender of a message, or other participant, in an electronic communication system such as an email system. For example, a message that is designated for sending can be compared to the sender's intention data and if a discrepancy or deficiency is detected between the sender's determined intent and the actual message then an action is taken such as providing an alert to the sender or to another person, process or device; requiring an action by the sender such as confirming the message, making an edit, checking information, etc.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for processing an electronic communication, the method comprising:
obtaining intention data, wherein the intention data indicates an intent of a user with respect to the user's electronic communications, the intention data being derived from prior electronic communications associated with the user, accepting a signal from an input device to define content for a present electronic communication, the present electronic communication comprising a header portion specifying an addressee and a body portion; detecting a deficiency in the body of the present electronic communication by analyzing at least a portion of the present electronic communication and the intention data; and correcting the deficiency by automatically modifying the contents of the body of the electronic communication.