US2017019361A1PendingUtilityA1

Selective forwarding of components of an attached archive in email system

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Assignee: IBMPriority: Mar 30, 2015Filed: Oct 7, 2016Published: Jan 19, 2017
Est. expiryMar 30, 2035(~8.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04L 51/14H04L 51/08H04L 67/306H04L 51/214H04L 67/06
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Abstract

A communication management system. A computer receives an electronic communication including an attachment and selectively forwards components of the attachment to multiple recipients based on associating the recipients with the components.

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         1 . A computer program product for managing transmission of electronic communications having attachments, comprising a non-transitory tangible storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
 receiving, by the processor, an electronic communication from a user, the electronic communication comprising an attachment having multiple components with associated file formats;   assigning, by the processor, the multiple components of the attachment to recipients in a list of recipients, the assigning comprising:
 determining, by the processor, one of more recipients from the list of recipients have corresponding profiles, and wherein each corresponding profile identifies a job role assigned to the one or more recipients; and 
 assigning, by the processor, one or more components from the multiple components based on the associated file formats and the job role assigned to the one or more recipients; and 
   sending, by the processor, the electronic communication to the recipients, wherein the electronic communication to a given recipients among the recipient includes the one or more components of the attachment assigned to the given recipient.

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