Message modification system and method
First Claim
1. Apparatus for modifying a message for transmission through a data communications network, the message including transmission data identifying a sending party and a recipient of said message and a message body identifying content thereof, at least part of which is specified by the sending party, the apparatus comprising data processing means arranged to:
- identify membership of a group in relation to a sending party and a recipient of said message;
identify an action in dependence on concordance between respective group memberships;
modify the message on the basis of the identified action; and
transmit the modified message to the recipient in accordance with the transmission data.
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Abstract
A method of, and system for, performing message modification on the basis of group membership of the sender and/or recipient of the message. The system includes a device which modifies a message for transmission through a data communications network. The message includes transmission data which identifies a sending party and a recipient of the message and a message body identifying content thereof, at least part of which is specified by the sending party. The system includes a data processor device arranged to identify membership of a group in relation to a sending party and a recipient of a the message, identify an action in dependence on concordance between respective group memberships, modify the message on the basis of the identified action; and transmit the modified message to the recipient in accordance with the transmission data.
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Citations
44 Claims
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1. Apparatus for modifying a message for transmission through a data communications network, the message including transmission data identifying a sending party and a recipient of said message and a message body identifying content thereof, at least part of which is specified by the sending party, the apparatus comprising data processing means arranged to:
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identify membership of a group in relation to a sending party and a recipient of said message; identify an action in dependence on concordance between respective group memberships; modify the message on the basis of the identified action; and transmit the modified message to the recipient in accordance with the transmission data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of modifying a message for transmission through a data communications network, the message including transmission data identifying a sending party and a recipient of said message and a message body identifying content thereof, at least part of which is specified by the sending party, the method comprising:
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identifying membership of a group in relation to a sending party and a recipient of said message; identifying an action in dependence on concordance between respective group memberships; modifying the message on the basis of the identified action; and transmitting the modified message to the recipient in accordance with the transmission data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product resident on computer-readable media and arranged to modify a message for transmission through a data communications network, the message including transmission data identifying a sending party and a recipient of the message and a message body identifying content thereof, at least part of which is specified by the sending party, the computer program product being arranged to:
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identify membership of a group in relation to a sending party and a recipient of said message; identify an action in dependence on concordance between respective group memberships; modify the message on the basis of the identified action; and transmit the modified message to the recipient in accordance with the transmission data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A server unit for modifying a message for transmission through a data communications network, the message including transmission data identifying a sending party and a recipient of said message and a message body identifying content thereof, at least part of which is specified by the sending party, the server unit comprising a data processor arranged to:
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identify membership of a group in relation to a sending party and a recipient of said message; identify an action in dependence on concordance between respective group memberships; and modify the message on the basis of the identified action. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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