Patent ID: 7216114
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring e-mail folders and e-mails maintained by an e-mail software program of a sender comprising: obtaining sender input regarding which folders are to be transferred, which e-mails in said folders are to be transferred, and a list of recipients of said folders and said e-mails, wherein each of said folders comprise a plurality of e-mails accumulated by said sender; automatically creating, without additional sender or recipient input, new folders in said recipients' e-mail system, maintained by said recipients' e-mail software program, in a location other than said recipients' e-mail inbox; automatically copying selected e-mails from said e-mail software program of said sender into respective ones of said new folders; before creating said new folders, automatically copying selected folders and selected e-mails into a separate database; deleting said folders and said e-mails from said database after said copying; and if said transfer moves said folders and said e-mails, deleting said selected folders and said selected e-mails from said sender's e-mail system.