Patent ID: 8856246
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for project management database update for a project management application, the method comprising: in a system comprising a plurality of mailboxes, each mailbox associated with a plurality of rules, parsing a labelled electronic message received at a mailbox, the mailbox associated with a plurality of rules each rule including a label, to locate for a rule of the plurality of rules the label corresponding to the rule in the body of the received electronic message, the label signaling the location of data in the electronic message, the data corresponding to a rule variable; if the label cannot be found, parsing the message according to another rule of the plurality of rules; if the label can be found, obtaining the data in the electronic message that corresponds to the rule variable; if the data indicates the rule should be executed, executing, according to the rule of the plurality of rules, an action triggered by the obtained data to create or edit a project management object of a project management database of the project management application, wherein the project management application provides the function of task setting, scheduling and resource management for projects undertaken by an organization; and if the data does indicate the rule should be executed, parsing the message and obtaining data according to another rule of the plurality of rules.