Prioritization of e-mail files for migration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9971995-B2
Application number	US-201514743120-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2015
Priority date	Jun 18, 2015
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

For each of a plurality of e-mail files contained in a first data repository, at least one score for the e-mail file can be determined. Determining the at least one score can include determining whether the e-mail file contains at least one design element and, responsive to determining that the e-mail file contains at least one design element, determining whether the design element is authored by a template developer. Based on scores assigned to the plurality of e-mail files, a ranking can be assigned to each of the plurality of e-mail files, the ranking assigned to each e-mail file indicating a priority of the e-mail file as a candidate for migration to a second data repository. A listing comprising each of the e-mail files and the ranking assigned to each of e-mail files can be output.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
for each of a plurality of e-mails contained in a first data repository, determining at least one score for the e-mail file, determining the at least one score comprising:
determining whether the e-mail file contains at least one design element;
responsive to determining that the e-mail file contains at least one design element, determining whether the design element is authored by a template developer; and
determining whether the design element is a custom design element created specifically for a particular user;

based on scores assigned to the plurality of e-mail files, automatically assigning, using a processor, a ranking to each of the plurality of e-mail files, the ranking assigned to each e-mail file indicating a priority of the e-mail file as a candidate for migration to a second data repository;
based on the ranking assigned to each of the plurality of e-mail files, automatically identifying e-mail files having a ranking that at least meets a threshold value;
responsive to automatically identifying e-mail files having the ranking that at least meets the threshold value, presenting to a user a selectable user interface element; and
responsive to the user selecting the user interface element, automatically initiating migration of the e-mail files having the ranking that at least meets the threshold value to the second data repository.

2. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
outputting a listing comprising each of the e-mail files and the ranking assigned to each of e-mail files.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one score further comprises determining a type of the design element and determining the score for the e-mail file based, at least in part, on the determined type of the design element.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one score further comprises determining whether the design element is a particular specified design element and determining the score for the e-mail file based, at least in part, on whether the design element is the particular specified design element.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one score further comprises determining whether the e-mail file contains a number of personal folders or a number of e-mail rules exceeding a threshold value and determining the score for the e-mail file based, at least in part, on whether the e-mail file contains the number of personal folders or the number of e-mail rules exceeding the threshold value.

6. A system, comprising:
a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
for each of a plurality of e-mail files contained in a first data repository, determining at least one score for the e-mail file, determining the at least one score comprising:
determining whether the e-mail file contains at least one design element;
responsive to determining that the e-mail file contains at least one design element, determining whether the design element is authored by a template developer; and
determining whether the design element is a custom design element created specifically for a particular user;

based on scores assigned to the plurality of e-mail files, automatically assigning a ranking to each of the plurality of e-mail files, the ranking assigned to each e-mail file indicating a priority of the e-mail file as a candidate for migration to a second data repository;
based on the ranking assigned to each of the plurality of e-mail files, automatically identifying e-mail files having a ranking that at least meets a threshold value;
responsive to automatically identifying e-mail files having the ranking that at least meets the threshold value, presenting to a user a selectable user interface element; and
responsive to the user selecting the user interface element, automatically initiating migration of the e-mail files having the ranking that at least meets the threshold value to the second data repository.

7. The system of claim 6 , the executable operations further comprising:
outputting a listing comprising each of the e-mail files and the ranking assigned to each of e-mail files.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein determining the at least one score further comprises determining a type of the design element and determining the score for the e-mail file based, at least in part, on the determined type of the design element.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein determining the at least one score further comprises determining whether the design element is a particular specified design element and determining the score for the e-mail file based, at least in part, on whether the design element is the particular specified design element.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein determining the at least one score further comprises determining whether the e-mail file contains a number of personal folders or a number of e-mail rules exceeding a threshold value and determining the score for the e-mail file based, at least in part, on whether the e-mail file contains the number of personal folders or the number of e-mail rules exceeding the threshold value.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
for each of a plurality of e-mail files contained in a first data repository, determining, by the processor, at least one score for the e-mail file, determining the at least one score comprising:
determining whether the e-mail file contains at least one design element; and
responsive to determining that the e-mail file contains at least one design element, determining whether the design element is authored by a template developer; and
determining whether the design element is a custom design element created specifically for a particular user;

based on scores assigned to the plurality of e-mail files, automatically assigning, by the processor, a ranking to each of the plurality of e-mail files, the ranking assigned to each e-mail file indicating a priority of the e-mail file as a candidate for migration to a second data repository;
based on the ranking assigned to each of the plurality of e-mail files, automatically identifying, by the processor, e-mail files having a ranking that at least meets a threshold value;
responsive to automatically identifying e-mail files having the ranking that at least meets the threshold value, presenting to a user a selectable user interface element; and
responsive to the user selecting the user interface element, automatically initiating, by the processor, migration of the e-mail files having the ranking that at least meets the threshold value to the second data repository.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
outputting a listing comprising each of the e-mail files and the ranking assigned to each of e-mail files.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein determining the at least one score further comprises determining a type of the design element and determining the score for the e-mail file based, at least in part, on the determined type of the design element.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein determining the at least one score further comprises determining whether the design element is a particular specified design element and determining the score for the e-mail file based, at least in part, on whether the design element is the particular specified design element.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein determining the at least

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Lieder Stacy L
• Saucedo Hilda A
• Smith Charles E

Classifications

• G06Q10/107 Primary

  Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing] · CPC title