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Method of providing limited access to preserve privacy within a message system

  • US 5,768,347 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1996
  • Issued: 06/16/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of preserving privacy in an electronic storage-and-retrieval message system that is accessible from a plurality of access-enabling devices having a plurality of users comprising steps of:

  • on a user-by-user basis, providing access by designated persons to manipulation of first system features that are specific to a particular user, including providing access to manipulating interface features for storage/retrieval information relating to directing messages to said particular user but excluding enabling message retrieval from said system, said designated persons including said particular user and at least one other person, wherein said step of providing access by designated persons includes a step of providing access via any one of said plurality of access-enabling devices; and

    for each of said particular users, providing access by a subset of said designated persons to retrieval of messages directed to said each particular user, said subset including said each particular user, thereby enabling message-retrieval access by said each particular user to whom messages are directed while restricting such message-retrieval access to fewer than all of said designated persons.

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