CONTROLLING DELIVERY AND ACCESS OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20150081809A1
• Filed: 09/18/2013
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mungi, Ashish, Viswanathan, Ram
• Application Number:
  US14/030,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20150081809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks

Abstract

A method, system and a computer program product of a computer controlling delivery and access of electronic communications is provided which includes providing an electronic communication sender to include a security measure with respect to an electronic communication to be sent to at least one electronic communication account of at least one intended recipient, receiving and applying the electronic communication security measure to the electronic communication to be sent, sending the electronic communication with the security measure to at least one intended recipient, determining existence of one or more delegates of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient and in response to the determination step, preventing the sent electronic communication with the security measure from view by the one or more delegate of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient.

Claims

1. A method of a computer controlling delivery and access of electronic communications, the method comprising the steps of:

providing an electronic communication sender to include a security measure with respect to an electronic communication to be sent to at least one electronic communication account of at least one intended recipient;

receiving and applying the electronic communication security measure to the electronic communication to be sent;

sending the electronic communication with the security measure to at least one intended recipient;

determining existence of one or more delegates of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient; and

in response to the determining step,

preventing the sent electronic communication with the security measure from view by the one or more delegate of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sent electronic communication with security measure is delivered into a pre-designated folder of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient.

3. The method of claim 2 further includes

removing the security measure from the electronic communication of the at least one intended recipient;

and

in response to the removal step, selecting and performing at least one of the following steps;

moving the electronic communication with the removed security measure from the pre-designated folder to an inbox folder of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient;

making the electronic communication with removed security measure viewable to the delegates of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient.

4. The method of claim 1 further includes:

determining existence of delegates of an electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender; and

in response to the determining step,

preventing the sent electronic communication from view by the delegates of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the sent electronic communication with security measure is stored in a pre-designated folder of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.

6. The method of claim 5 further includes:

removing the security measure from the electronic communication of the electronic communication sender; and

in response to the removal step, selecting and performing at least one of the following steps;

moving the sent electronic communication with the removed security measure from the pre-designated folder to a sent items folder of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender; and

providing access of the sent electronic communication with the removed security measure to the delegates of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.

7. A system implemented in a hardware for controlling delivery and of electronic communications, the system comprising a computer infrastructure operable to:

provide an electronic communication sender to include a security measure with respect to an electronic communication to be sent to at least one electronic communication account of at least one intended recipient;

receive and apply the electronic communication security measure to the electronic communication to be sent;

send the electronic communication with the security measure to at least one intended recipient;

determine existence of one or more delegates of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient; and

in response to the determining step,

prevent the sent electronic communication with the security measure from view by the one or more delegate of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein computer infrastructure is operable to deliver the sent electronic communication with security measure into a pre-designated folder of the electronic communication accounts of the at least one intended recipient.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the computer infrastructure is operable to:

remove the security measure from the electronic communication of the at least one intended recipient; and

in response to the removal step, selecting and performing at least one of the following steps;

move the electronic communication with the removed security measure from the pre-designated folder to an inbox folder of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient;

make the electronic communication with removed security measure viewable to the delegates of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to:

determine existence of delegates of an electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender; and

in response to the determining step,

prevent the sent electronic communication from view by the delegates of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the sent electronic communication with security measure is stored in a pre-designated folder of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to:

remove the security measure from the electronic communication of the electronic communication sender; and

in response to the removal step, select and performing at least one of the following steps;

move the sent electronic communication with the removed security measure from the pre-designated folder to a sent items folder of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender; and

provide access of the sent electronic communication with the removed security measure to the delegates of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.

13. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product comprises at least one component operable to:

provide an electronic communication sender to include a security measure with respect to an electronic communication to be sent to at least one electronic communication account of at least one intended recipient;

receive and apply the electronic communication security measure to the electronic communication to be sent;

send the electronic communication with the security measure to at least one intended recipient;

determine existence of one or more delegates of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient; and

in response to the determining step,

prevent the sent electronic communication with the security measure from view by the one or more delegates of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein at least one component of the computer program product is operable to deliver the sent electronic communication with security measure into a pre-designated folder of the electronic communication accounts of the at least one intended recipient.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein at least one component of the computer program product is operable to:

remove the security measure from the electronic communication of the at least one intended recipient; and

in response to the removal step, selecting and performing at least one of the following steps;

move the electronic communication with the removed security measure from the pre-designated folder to an inbox folder of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient; and

make the electronic communication with removed security measure viewable to the delegates of the electronic communication account of the at least one intended recipient.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein at least one component of the computer program product is further operable to:

determine existence of delegates of an electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender; and

in response to the determining step,

prevent the sent electronic communication from view by the delegates of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the sent electronic communication with security measure is stored in a pre-designated folder of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein at least one component of the computer program product is further operable to:

remove the security measure from the electronic communication of the electronic communication sender; and

in response to the removal step, select and performing at least one of the following steps;

move the sent electronic communication with the removed security measure from the pre-designated folder to a sent items folder of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender; and

provide access of the sent electronic communication with the removed security measure to the of the electronic communication account of the electronic communication sender.