Patent ID: 9514443
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for locating previously communicated electronic messages, comprising: providing, in a window of a particular electronic message, a locator feature presenting a plurality of identifiers each corresponding to one of a plurality of parties to the one particular electronic message; receiving a request, from a first party of the plurality of parties, to locate at least one previously communicated electronic message to select of at least one identifier of the plurality of identifiers; in response to receiving the selection, performing a search of at least one electronic database for another electronic message comprising the at least previously communicated electronic message having as a party thereto at least one party, of the plurality of parties, to which the at least one selected identifier corresponds; when the at least one previously communicated electronic message is located, based on the search, from the electronic database, sending an alert based on the locating to the first party and second party; when an acceptance notification is received from at least one of the first party and the second party in response to the alert, presenting one of the at least one previously communicated electronic message to the first party and the second party in response to the acceptance notification; and when an acceptance notification is not received in response to the alert, resending the alert a predetermined number of times, and when the acceptance notification is not received in response to the resending, sending an error notification; when the at least one previously communicated electronic message is not located from the electronic database, based on the search, sending the error notification; wherein the sending an alert based on the locating to the first party and the second party comprises displaying a list of the located of the at least one previously communicated electronic message; wherein the receiving an acceptance notification from at least one of the first party and the second party in response to the alert comprises receiving a selection of one of the at least one previously communicated electronic message from the list by at least one of the first party and the second party from at least one of the first party and the second party in response to the alert; and wherein the presenting one of the at least one previously communicated electronic message to the first party and the second party in response to the acceptance notification comprises presenting the selected one of the at least one previously communicated electronic message.