Data message mirroring and redirection

• US 7,299,263 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2006
• Issued: 11/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Andruss, William D., Claudatos, Christopher H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang; Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): SING, SIMON P
• Application Number:
  US11/474,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20070071213A1
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.17, 379/88.22, 709/206, 709/229, 709/245, 726/27
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2281 Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

Processing data messages is disclosed. A data message or a copy thereof is sent to a destination other than an intended recipient with which the data message is associated, for processing at said destination in accordance with a policy. The data message or a copy thereof is sent to said destination other than the intended recipient by a sending equipment used to generate the data message.

Claims

1. A method of sending data messages, comprising:

addressing a data message or a copy thereof, in a manner transparent to an author of the data message, to an end destination other than an intended recipient to which the author addressed the data message, using a policy compliance destination address not associated with the intended recipient, for processing at said end destination in accordance with a computer implemented policy;

using a sending equipment used by the author to generate the data message to send the data message or a copy thereof to said end destination other than the intended recipient;

receiving at the sending equipment a second data message;

sending a copy of the second data message to the destination other than the intended recipient; and

displaying content data associated with the second data message to a user of the sending equipment only if a response is received from the destination other than the intended recipient indicating that the second data message is authorized;

wherein the policy compliance destination address is of a same type of address used by the author to address the data message.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing in accordance with a policy comprises archiving the data message.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing in accordance with a policy comprises analyzing metadata associated with the data message and selectively archiving the data message, wherein the determination of whether the data message is archived is based at least in part on a result of the analysis of the metadata.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing in accordance with a policy comprises analyzing message content associated with the data message and selectively archiving the data message, wherein the determination of whether the data message is archived is based at least in part on a result of the analysis of said message content.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing in accordance with a policy comprises blocking the data message from being sent to the intended recipient if the policy requires that the data message be blocked.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing in accordance with a policy comprises blocking the data message from being sent to the intended recipient if the policy requires that the data message be blocked as determined based at least in part on an analysis of metadata associated with the data message.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing in accordance with a policy comprises blocking the data message from being sent to the intended recipient if the policy requires that the data message be blocked as determined based at least in part on an analysis of message content associated with the data message.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing in accordance with a policy comprises modifying the data message prior to its being sent to the intended recipient if the policy requires that the data message be modified prior to being sent to the intended recipient.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving message data associated with the data message; and

generating the data message based at least in part on the received message data.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

waiting to receive a response from the destination other than the intended recipient;

receiving said response from the destination other than the intended recipient; and

sending the data message to the intended recipient only if said response indicates that the message is authorized.

11. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising sending the data message to the intended recipient.

12. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein sending the data message or a copy thereof to a destination other than the intended recipient comprises encapsulating the data message and sending it to the destination other than the intended recipient.

13. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein sending the data message or a copy thereof to a destination other than the intended recipient comprises sending the data message to the destination other than the intended recipient as an attachment to a forwarding message sent to the destination other than the intended recipient.

14. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein sending the data message or a copy thereof to a destination other than the intended recipient comprises creating a copy of the message, encapsulating the copy, and sending the encapsulated copy to the destination other than the intended recipient.

15. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data message comprises an e-mail message.

16. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data message comprises a simple message service (SMS) message.

17. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data message comprises an enhanced message service (EMS) message.

18. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data message comprises a multi-media message service (MMS) message.

19. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data message comprises a voice-mail message.

20. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data message comprises an instant message.

21. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data message comprises a chat message.

22. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data message comprises data in xml format.

23. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the sending equipment used to generate the data message comprises equipment used to originate the data message as an outgoing message addressed at least initially to the intended recipient.

24. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the sending equipment used to generate the data message comprises equipment that has been used or is intended to be used to send the data message to the intended recipient.

25. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising providing including in the data message as a sending address an address associated with the destination other than the intended recipient.

26. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising providing to the intended recipient as an address associated with the sending equipment an address associated with the destination other than the intended recipient.

27. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising providing to the intended recipient as an address associated with a user associated with the sending equipment an address associated with the destination other than the intended recipient.

28. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the sending equipment is configured to send messages only to the destination other than the intended recipient.

29. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the sending equipment is configured to accept only those messages sent to it from the destination other than the intended recipient.

30. A system for sending a data message, comprising:

a processor configured to address the data message or a copy thereof, in a manner transparent to an author of the data message, to an end destination other than an intended recipient to which the author addressed the data message, using a policy compliance destination address not associated with the intended recipient, for processing at said end destination in accordance with a computer implemented policy; and

a communication interface configured to transmit the data message or a copy thereof to said end destination;

wherein the system comprises a sending equipment used by the author to generate the data message to send the data message or a copy thereof to said end destination other than the intended recipient, and the policy compliance destination address is of a same type of address used by the author to address the data message, the sending equipment receives a second data message and sends a copy of the second data message to the destination other than the intended recipient, and content data associated with the second data message is displayed to a user of the sending equipment only if a response is received from the destination other than the intended recipient indicating that the second data message is authorized.

31. A computer program product for sending a data message, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

addressing a data message or a copy thereof, in a manner transparent to an author of the data message, to an end destination other than an intended recipient to which the author addressed the data message, using a policy compliance destination address not associated with the intended recipient, for processing at said end destination in accordance with a computer implemented policy;

using a sending equipment used by the author to generate the data message to send the data message or a copy thereof to said end destination other than the intended recipient;

receiving at the sending equipment a second data message;

sending a copy of the second data message to the destination other than the intended recipient; and

displaying content data associated with the second data message to a user of the sending equipment only if a response is received from the destination other than the intended recipient indicating that the second data message is authorized;

wherein the policy compliance destination address is of a same type of address used by the author to address the data message.