Electronic mail with recipient-specific content
First Claim
1. A method for creating a computerized message that contains recipient-specific content, comprising the steps of:
- an author of the message composing plural portions of a message;
identifying one or more recipients to which at least one portion of the message will be sent; and
associating, with each recipient, at least one portion of the message such that at least one recipient does not receive all portions of the message.
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Abstract
A computerized messaging system which authors messages that contain recipient-specific content, such that each recipient does not necessarily receive a message that is identical to all other recipients. To author a computerized message that contains recipient-specific content, plural portions of the message are authored, and one or more recipients to which at least one portion of the message will be sent are identified. For each recipient, at least one portion of the message is associated with the recipient, such that at least one recipient does not receive all portions of the message. Viewing options are provided to the sender so as to enable the sender to obtain visual cues as to which portions of the message are sent to each recipient or set of recipients, or to allow the sender to view a recipient list for selected portions of the message. At the receiving side, a recipient can view a received message with visual cues such that recipients of private portions of a message can know that others did not receive the private portion, and can further know who received which portions.
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52 Claims
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1. A method for creating a computerized message that contains recipient-specific content, comprising the steps of:
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an author of the message composing plural portions of a message;
identifying one or more recipients to which at least one portion of the message will be sent; and
associating, with each recipient, at least one portion of the message such that at least one recipient does not receive all portions of the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for creating a computerized message that contains recipient-specific content, comprising:
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a memory including a region for storing executable process steps; and
a processor for executing the executable process steps, wherein the executable process steps include steps of;
(a) accepting composition of plural portions of a message;
(b) accepting identification of one or more recipients to which at least one portion of the message will be sent; and
(c) accepting an association, with each recipient, of at least one portion of the message such that at least one recipient does not receive all portions of the message.- View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer-readable medium, the computer-executable process steps for creating a computerized message that contains recipient-specific content, said computer-executable process steps comprising:
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code to accept an author'"'"'s composition of plural portions of a message;
code to accept identification of one or more recipients to which at least one portion of the message will be sent; and
code to associate, with each recipient, at least one portion of the message such that at least one recipient does not receive all portions of the message. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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43. A computer-readable medium which stores computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps for creating a computerized message that contains recipient-specific content, the computer-executable process steps comprising:
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an authoring step to accept an author'"'"'s composition of plural portions of a message;
an identifying step to accept identification of one or more recipients to which at least one portion of the message will be sent; and
an associating step to associate, with each recipient, at least one portion of the message such that at least one recipient does not receive all portions of the message.
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