Patent attributes
A method, system and computer program product for managing tasks, including receiving an e-mail from a user, the e-mail including a subject line and at least one recipient, wherein the recipient is or is not registered in a task management system; parsing the e-mail to identify a task; adding the task to a task database of the task management system; adding the sender and recipient to a database of the task management system if needed. A web interface is provided for the sender and the recipient to interface with the task management system. The e-mail can be sent to multiple recipients and some of the recipients might not be registered with the task management system. The subject line of the e-mail is parsed for the task identification like name of the task. The subject line of the e-mail is also parsed for a due date and the due date is added to task parameters. The subject line of the e-mail is also parsed for groups in which the task should be included. The user has the highest level of privileges for setting parameters for the task. The e-mail is also parsed for body and attachments, which are used to populate a task's description properties and task attachments.
