Patent ID: 8359341

Claim:
A processor-implemented method of importing content into a content management system, the processor-implemented method comprising: receiving, by the content management system, an e-mail containing the content, the content comprising: a body containing a content item; a subject field containing a predefined value describing an aspect of the content item; and a plurality of address fields each containing a respective e-mail address that conforms to a format specified by the content management system, wherein the specified format defines a mapping between a plurality of codes and a plurality of types of content metadata and further defines a code delimiter, each of the plurality of codes identifying a respective, distinct type of the plurality of types of content metadata, wherein each e-mail address contains at least one code, wherein at least one e-mail address further contains a user-specified value for the type of content metadata identified by the at least one code contained in the at least one e-mail address, wherein at least one of the plurality of types of content metadata corresponds to a database field definition; initiating a process of importing the content from the received e-mail into the content management system, the process comprising: extracting the content item from the body of the received e-mail; generating content metadata pertaining to the content item, by extracting the at least one code and the user-specified value from the plurality of address fields, according to the specified format, the generated content metadata having one or more of the plurality of types of content metadata, wherein the one or more types of content metadata are determined based on the defined mapping; storing the extracted content item and the generated content metadata in the content management system; and generating one or more publishable documents based on the extracted content item and the generated content metadata; wherein each of the plurality of address fields is one of a sender field, a recipient field, a courtesy copy field, and a blind courtesy copy field, wherein each of the respective e-mail addresses in the received e-mail is included not to specify an additional, intended recipient of the e-mail but to establish additional content metadata pertaining to the extracted content item; wherein each of the plurality of types of content metadata is selected from a content title, a content author, a content heading, a content publish date, a content expiration date, a content topic, and a content advertising parameter, wherein at least three different types of the plurality of types of content metadata are generated.