Email-Social Network Message Sharing System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current email forwarding processes are inflexible and require manual management, allowing only full email content to be forwarded, which is not compatible with modern social network capabilities and requires manual entry of recipient email addresses.
Innovation Solution
A system that identifies a portion of an email message to be shared with social network users, tags it with their identities, and posts it on their social network pages under the sender's name, enabling concurrent sending and posting of the email message.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional email forwarding is used, then full email content can be shared with recipients, but the process is inflexible and requires manual management of each recipient
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically identifies recipients from email headers and forwards the email content to them without requiring manual intervention. The email client autonomously extracts recipient information from the 'To' and 'CC' fields and initiates forwarding operations automatically, eliminating the need for users to manually manage each recipient.
Solution Approach 2:
The email client integrates multiple functions including email composition, recipient identification, content extraction, and automated forwarding into a single unified system. This multi-functional approach allows the client to handle various sharing scenarios (individual recipients, groups, CC recipients) through a single automated process rather than requiring separate manual operations for each case.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional email forwarding is used, then full email content is shared, but it is not compatible with modern social network capabilities for selective sharing
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the relevant email content portions that need to be shared with social network users, rather than forwarding the entire email. It selectively identifies and extracts specific segments from the email body, attachments, or headers, and formats them for optimal presentation on social networks, thereby simplifying the sharing mechanism while maintaining compatibility with social network capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The email content is divided into discrete shareable segments that can be independently selected and shared. The system segments the email into portions such as text excerpts, attachment references, or header information, allowing flexible combination and presentation on different social network platforms without requiring complex integration of the entire email system.
3Productivity
If manual forwarding is used, then users can control exactly who receives the email, but the process is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification and preparation of recipients and content before the actual forwarding operation. It pre-processes the email headers to extract recipient addresses, pre-segments the content for sharing, and pre-formats the data structures needed for automated forwarding, thereby reducing the time required during the actual sharing operation and improving overall productivity.
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AI summary
There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for sharing messages between an email client and a social network. The system prepares, based on an input from a sender, an email message by using the email client. The system identifies a portion of the email message to be shared with one or more users in the social network. The system tags the portion of the email message with identities of the one or more users in the social network. The system accesses the social network with credential of the sender. The system posts the portion of the email message on social network pages of the one or more users under a name of the sender.