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Setting permissions for links forwarded in electronic messages

  • US 10,185,932 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2011
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for setting permissions of links forwarded in an electronic message, comprising:

  • detecting when a link that is contained within an electronic message that was created by an author and sent by the author to a first recipient is forwarded to a second recipient and a third recipient by the first recipient, wherein the second and third recipients were not recipients of the electronic message from the author, and wherein the link refers to an address that represents a location of linked content on a network;

    in response to detecting that the first recipient forwarded the electronic message to the second recipient and the third recipient, automatically sending a notification message to the author indicating that the electronic message including the link was forwarded from the first recipient to the second recipient and the third recipient;

    indicating to the author that the second recipient and the third recipient have access to the electronic message with the link but is unauthorized by the author to access the linked content associated with the link;

    sending, to the second recipient and the third recipient, a message that the second recipient and the third recipient do not have access to the linked content and that the author has been notified;

    after automatically sending, the notification message to the author indicating that the electronic message including the link was forwarded from the first recipient to the second recipient and the third recipient, receiving permission settings for the linked content from the author for controlling access to the linked content by the second recipient and the third recipient, wherein the permission settings include read, write, and read/write permission for the linked content, and wherein permission settings for the second recipient are different than permission settings for the third recipient; and

    after receiving the permission settings for the linked content from the author, setting the permissions of the linked content for the second recipient using the permission settings for the second recipient received from the author and setting the permissions of the linked content for the third recipient using the permission settings for the third recipient.

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