Maintaining the integrity of email authorship
First Claim
1. A method of maintaining the integrity of email authorship, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a receiving email client, an email message containing content created by a sender;
identifying, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the email message, an edit authority value established by the sender of the email message for that content;
receiving, by the receiving email client from a recipient of the email message, an instruction to forward the received email message;
receiving, by the receiving email client from the recipient, an instruction to edit the content created by the sender contained in the received email message;
determining, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to allow the recipient to edit the content;
if the recipient is not allowed to edit the content, forwarding, by the receiving email client, the email message without altering the content created by a sender;
if the recipient is allowed to edit the content, determining, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to enforce edit tracking in the content; and
receiving edits from the recipient, including the edits in the content created by the sender with edit tracking, and forwarding, the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits tracked if edit tracking is enforced;
orreceiving edits from the recipient, including the edits in the content created by the sender without edit tracking, and forwarding the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits untracked if edit tracking is not enforced.
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Abstract
Maintaining the integrity of email authorship including receiving, by a receiving email client, an email message containing content created by a sender; identifying, in dependence upon the email message, an edit authority value; receiving, from a recipient of the email message, an instruction to forward the received email message; receiving, from the recipient, an instruction to edit the content contained in the received email message; and determining, in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to allow the recipient to edit the content; if the recipient is allowed to edit the content, determining, in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to enforce edit tracking in the content; and forwarding the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits tracked if edit tracking is enforced; or forwarding the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits untracked if edit tracking is not enforced.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of maintaining the integrity of email authorship, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a receiving email client, an email message containing content created by a sender; identifying, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the email message, an edit authority value established by the sender of the email message for that content; receiving, by the receiving email client from a recipient of the email message, an instruction to forward the received email message; receiving, by the receiving email client from the recipient, an instruction to edit the content created by the sender contained in the received email message; determining, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to allow the recipient to edit the content; if the recipient is not allowed to edit the content, forwarding, by the receiving email client, the email message without altering the content created by a sender; if the recipient is allowed to edit the content, determining, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to enforce edit tracking in the content; and receiving edits from the recipient, including the edits in the content created by the sender with edit tracking, and forwarding, the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits tracked if edit tracking is enforced;
orreceiving edits from the recipient, including the edits in the content created by the sender without edit tracking, and forwarding the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits untracked if edit tracking is not enforced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Apparatus for maintaining the integrity of email authorship, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:
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receiving, by a receiving email client, an email message containing content created by a sender; identifying, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the email message, an edit authority value established by the sender of the email message for that content; receiving, by the receiving email client from a recipient of the email message, an instruction to forward the received email message; receiving, by the receiving email client from the recipient, an instruction to edit the content created by the sender contained in the received email message; determining, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to allow the recipient to edit the content; if the recipient is not allowed to edit the content, forwarding, by the receiving email client, the email message without altering the content created by a sender; if the recipient is allowed to edit the content, determining, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to enforce edit tracking in the content; and receiving edits from the recipient, including the edits in the content created by the sender with edit tracking, and forwarding, the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits tracked if edit tracking is enforced;
orreceiving edits from the recipient, including the edits in the content created by the sender without edit tracking, and forwarding the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits untracked if edit tracking is not enforced. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for maintaining the integrity of email authorship, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage device, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed, of causing a computer to carry out the steps of:
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receiving, by a receiving email client, an email message containing content created by a sender; identifying, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the email message, an edit authority value established by the sender of the email message for that content; receiving, by the receiving email client from a recipient of the email message, an instruction to forward the received email message; receiving, by the receiving email client from the recipient, an instruction to edit the content created by the sender contained in the received email message; determining, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to allow the recipient to edit the content; if the recipient is not allowed to edit the content, forwarding, by the receiving email client, the email message without altering the content created by a sender; if the recipient is allowed to edit the content, determining, by the receiving email client in dependence upon the edit authority value, whether to enforce edit tracking in the content; and receiving edits from the recipient, including the edits in the content created by the sender with edit tracking, and forwarding, the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits tracked if edit tracking is enforced;
orreceiving edits from the recipient, including the edits in the content created by the sender without edit tracking, and forwarding the email message with the recipient'"'"'s edits untracked if edit tracking is not enforced. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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