DETERMINING RECOMMENDED RECIPIENTS OF A COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. A method for directing a communication to recipients, comprising:
- determining one or more attributes for one or more members of a first group;
receiving, from a sender of the communication, a first list of one or more recipients of the communication, wherein particular attributes define a relationship between the first list recipients and the sender; and
determining a second list of one or more suggested recipients of the communication, wherein the second list of suggested recipients is determined by whether the attributes of the first list recipients, the sender, and the first group members comply with a set of communication rules.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a method for determining recommended recipients of a communication. The method may include determining one or more attributes for one or more members of a first group. The method may also include receiving a first list of one or more recipients to receive a communication from a sender, wherein the recipients and the sender have a relationship based on the attributes. The method may also include determining a second list of one or more recipients to receive the communication, wherein the recipients of the second list are determined by whether the attributes of the first list recipients, the sender, and the first group members comply with a set of communication rules.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for directing a communication to recipients, comprising:
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determining one or more attributes for one or more members of a first group; receiving, from a sender of the communication, a first list of one or more recipients of the communication, wherein particular attributes define a relationship between the first list recipients and the sender; and determining a second list of one or more suggested recipients of the communication, wherein the second list of suggested recipients is determined by whether the attributes of the first list recipients, the sender, and the first group members comply with a set of communication rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for directing an email communication to recipients, comprising:
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determining one or more attributes for one or more members of a first group; determining one or more attributes for one or more members of a second group; receiving, from a sender of the email communication, a first list of one or more recipients to receive the email communication, wherein particular attributes define a relationship between the first list recipients and the sender; analyzing one or more content elements of the email communication; and determining a second list of one or more suggested recipients to receive the communication, wherein the second list of suggested recipients is determined by whether the attributes of the first list recipients, the sender, and the first and second group members and the content elements comply with a set of communication rules. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause a processor to perform the following operations:
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determining one or more attributes for one or more members of a first group; receiving, from a sender of the communication, a first list of one or more recipients to receive a communication, wherein particular attributes define a relationship between the first list recipients and the sender; and determining a second list of one or more suggested recipients to receive the communication, wherein the second list of suggested recipients is determined by whether the attributes of the first list recipients, the sender, and the first group members comply with a set of communication rules. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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