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Custom messaging systems

  • US 10,469,471 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 11/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a communication system, electronic messages from sender users, wherein each of the electronic messages are distributed to one or more recipient users based on defined communication relationships within the communications system between the sender users and the one or more recipient users;

    identifying, from among the defined communication relationships, a defined two-way communication relationship between a first user and a second user of the communications system, the defined two-way communication relationship defining one or more two-way settings authorizing the communication system to forward each of the electronic messages from the first user to the second user and to forward each of the electronic messages from the second user to the first user;

    based on the defined two-way communication relationship;

    forwarding, using at least one processor, each of the electronic messages from the first user to the second user; and

    forwarding each of the electronic messages from the second user to the first user;

    identifying, from among the defined communication relationships, a defined one-way communication relationship between the first user and a third user of the communications system, the defined one-way communication relationship defining one or more one-way settings authorizing the communication system to forward each of the electronic messages from the first user to the third user and to prevent the communication system from forwarding each of the electronic messages from the third user to the first user;

    based on the defined one-way communication relationship;

    forwarding each of the electronic messages from the first user to the third user; and

    refraining from forwarding each of the electronic messages from the third user to the first user.

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