System and Method for Sectional E-Mail Transmission

• US 20100017481A1
• Filed: 07/17/2008
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: John Hans Handy-Bosma, Keith Raymond Walker, Mei Yang Selvage, Yen-Fu Chen
• Inventors: Walker, Keith Raymond, Handy-Bosma, John Hans, Chen, Yen-Fu, Selvage, Mei Yang
• Granted Patent: US 7,890,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

A process of segmenting a single email so that portions of it may be directed to or away from select recipients is disclosed. The sender highlights portions of the email and right clicks (or key command, button, or menu item) and selects an option to select recipients. The operator interface then provides the sender with the option of selecting recipients from their address book or the server'"'"'s address book. To speed the process along, the sender may select those already on the To, Cc, or Bcc distribution lists. The sender then selects whether those chosen will receive the highlighted portion or if they will be excluded from receiving it. Lastly, the sender will have the option of providing text that is unique to each of the selected groups.

Claims

1. A program product operable on a computer for simultaneous transmission of sections of an email to different recipients without the need to send separate emails comprising:

a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium comprises instructions for a computer to perform steps comprising;

at a client computer;

selecting a section of the email;

selecting a recipient for the section; and

inserting a section information that identifies the recipient for the section into a header of the email; and

at a server computer;

receiving the email;

parsing the header for the section information; and

sending only the section of the email associated with the section information to a messaging program for transmission to the recipient.