Method and system for excluding recipients in an electronic communication system
First Claim
1. A method for processing a message for transmission, comprising:
- determining an include set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said include set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one destination user input field within a graphical user interface window and inputting said set include set of recipient entities from said at least one destination user input field;
determining an exclude set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said exclude set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one exclude user input field within said graphical user interface window and inputting said set of exclude set of recipient entities from said at least one exclude user input field; and
sending said message to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said include set of recipient entities, but not to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said exclude set of recipient entities.
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Abstract
A system that enables a communications system user to conveniently define entities to be excluded from receiving an electronic communication, such as an electronic mail (“email”) message. An “Exclude” user entry field is provided in a user interface to a communication system. The Exclude field accepts entry of an “exclude set” of entities to be excluded from an email message being processed or defined in a currently accessible graphical user interface window. The disclosed Exclude field is provided in a user interface window together with one or more other user entry fields available for definition and/or review of an “include set” of entities initially designated for receipt of the message. Lists and/or groups may be resolved by determining the destinations they contain either within the client computer system, within a source server computer system, and/or within a destination server computer system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for processing a message for transmission, comprising:
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determining an include set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said include set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one destination user input field within a graphical user interface window and inputting said set include set of recipient entities from said at least one destination user input field;
determining an exclude set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said exclude set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one exclude user input field within said graphical user interface window and inputting said set of exclude set of recipient entities from said at least one exclude user input field; and
sending said message to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said include set of recipient entities, but not to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said exclude set of recipient entities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product, wherein said computer program product includes a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium having a computer program for processing a message for transmission stored thereon, said computer program comprising:
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program code for determining an include set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said include set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one destination user input field within a graphical user interface window and inputting said set include set of recipient entities from said at least one destination user input field;
program code for determining an exclude set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said exclude set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one exclude user input field within said graphical user interface window and inputting said set of exclude set of recipient entities from said at least one exclude user input field; and
program code for sending said message to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said include set of recipient entities, but not to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said exclude set of recipient entities. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for processing a message for transmission, said computer program comprising:
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means for determining an include set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said include set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one destination user input field within a graphical user interface window and inputting said set include set of recipient entities from said at least one destination user input field;
means for determining an exclude set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said exclude set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one exclude user input field within said graphical user interface window and inputting said set of exclude set of recipient entities from said at least one exclude user input field; and
means for sending said message to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said include set of recipient entities, but not to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said exclude set of recipient entities. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for processing a message for transmission, comprising:
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program code, stored in a computer readable memory communicably coupled with at least one processor of a computer system, for determining an include set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said include set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one destination user input field within a graphical user interface window and inputting said set include set of recipient entities from said at least one destination user input field;
program code, stored in said computer readable memory, for determining an exclude set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said exclude set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one exclude user input field within said graphical user interface window and inputting said set of exclude set of recipient entities from said at least one exclude user input field; and
program code, stored in said computer readable memory, for sending said message to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said include set of recipient entities, but not to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said exclude set of recipient entities.
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20. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, said computer data signal including at least one computer program for processing a message for transmission, said computer program comprising:
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program code for determining an include set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said include set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one destination user input field within a graphical user interface window and inputting said set include set of recipient entities from said at least one destination user input field;
program code for determining an exclude set of recipient entities, wherein said determining said exclude set of recipient entities includes displaying at least one exclude user input field within said graphical user interface window and inputting said set of exclude set of recipient entities from said at least one exclude user input field; and
program code for sending said message to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said include set of recipient entities, but not to destinations indicated by those recipient entities within said exclude set of recipient entities.
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