Obfuscating reception of communiqué affiliated with a source entity
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Abstract
A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: receiving a communiqué that is affiliated with a source entity and that is directed to a receiving user; and presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué affiliated with the source entity. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
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250. A system, comprising:
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a communiqué
receiving module configured to receive a communiqué
that is affiliated with a source entity and that is directed to a receiving user; anda covert indicator presenting module configured to present a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué
in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué
, the presenting of the covert indicator in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué
being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué
affiliated with the source entity. - View Dependent Claims (252, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 307, 308, 310, 311, 313, 314, 315, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 357, 358)
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359. A computer program product comprising:
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a signal-bearing non-transitory storage medium bearing; one or more instructions for receiving a communiqué
that is affiliated with a source entity and that is directed to a receiving user; andone or more instructions for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué
, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué
, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué
affiliated with the source entity.
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Specification