Patent ID: 9235815
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for name resolution in a collaborative environment, comprising: receiving, at a server, a first electronic communication generated by a first collaborative application from a user and a second electronic communication from the user generated by a second collaborative application that is different from the first collaborative application, wherein the first and second electronic communications are being sent by the user to a recipient; determining an identity of the user sending the first and second electronic communications; determining if a match exists between the identity of the user and an alias of the user that has been predefined by the user; retrieving the alias of the user from a plurality of aliases stored on the server for the user based on at least a geographic area associated with the recipient of the first and second electronic communications, wherein the user has a different alias corresponding to each different geographic area of a plurality of geographic areas and wherein each different alias consists of a name predefined by the user; and attaching the alias of the user to the first and second electronic communications in response to determining the match exists between the identity of the user and the alias of the user.