Electronic Messaging Recordlessness Warning and Routing System and Method

• US 20080201440A1
• Filed: 02/15/2008
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vaporstream, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Void Communications, Inc.
• Inventors: Collins, Joseph, Shah, Amit Jindas
• Application Number:
  US12/031,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20080201440A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring an electronic message. Messaging information is received for inclusion in an electronic message. The messaging information is utilized to determine a desired degree of recordlessness for the electronic message. One or more electronic messaging functionalities for generating and/or transmitting the electronic message is chosen based on the desired degree of recordlessness.

Claims

1. A computerized method of monitoring an electronic message at the point of generation, the method comprising:

receiving information from a user via an electronic interface for inclusion in an electronic message;

determining a desired degree of recordlessness for the electronic message; and

choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality for generating and/or transmitting the electronic message based on the desired degree of recordlessness.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said determining a desired degree of recordlessness for the electronic message includes comparing at least part of the information received to one or more rules.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said choosing includes displaying a notification based on the desired degree of recordlessness to the user.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said choosing includes displaying one or more choices of electronic messaging functionalities available to the user that have an ability to generate and/or transmit an electronic message with a degree of recordlessness high enough to meet or exceed the desired degree of recordlessness.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein said choosing includes displaying an indication that one or more electronic messaging functionalities available to the user has a degree of recordlessness that exceeds the desired degree of recordlessness.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein said choosing includes displaying an indication that one or more electronic messaging functionalities available to the user does not have an ability to generate and/or transmit an electronic message with a degree of recordlessness high enough to meet or exceed the desired degree of recordlessness.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes receiving from the user an instruction to generate and/or transmit the electronic message utilizing a messaging functionality that does not have a degree of recordlessness high enough to meet or exceed the desired degree of recordlessness.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein said choosing includes automatedly generating and/or transmitting the electronic message.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes automatedly generating and/or transmitting the electronic message utilizing a messaging functionality having a degree of recordlessness high enough to meet or exceed the desired degree of recordlessness.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein said choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes automatedly preventing the generation and/or transmission of the electronic message by at least one restricted messaging functionality of the one or more messaging functionalities based on the degree of recordlessness of the at least one restricted messaging functionality exceeding the desired degree of recordlessness.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein said electronic interface is an electronic interface for a first one of a plurality of available electronic messaging functionalities.

12. A method according to claim 11, wherein said choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes generating and/or transmitting the electronic message utilizing the first one of the plurality of available electronic messaging functionalities.

13. A method according to claim 11, wherein said choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes generating and/or transmitting the electronic message utilizing a second one of the plurality of available electronic messaging functionalities.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein said determining a desired degree of recordlessness occurs substantially corresponding to the time of input of the information into the electronic interface.

15. A computerized system for monitoring an electronic message at the point of creation, the system comprising:

a first electronic interface for receiving information for inclusion in one or more electronic messages from a sender, said one or more electronic messages for transmission to a recipient utilizing one or more electronic messaging functionalities, each of the one or more electronic messaging functionalities having a degree of recordlessness;

a first database including a set of rules for determining a desired degree of recordlessness for said one or more electronic messages; and

a message monitor in communication with said first electronic interface, said first database, and said one or more electronic messaging functionalities for monitoring information received by said first electronic interface and comparing at least part of said received information to said set of rules to determine said desired degree of recordlessness prior to transmission of said one or more messages and to determine if the degree of recordlessness of any of said one or more electronic messaging functionalities matches the desired degree of recordlessness.

16. A system according to claim 15, further comprising a notice generator in communication with said message monitor for generating a notice to said sender of said desired degree of recordlessness and/or the appropriateness of utilizing an electronic messaging functionality of the one or more electronic messaging functionalities to generate and/or transmit the one or more electronic messages.

17. A system according to claim 15, wherein said message monitor compares said at least one of said one or more messages to said set of rules during receipt of said at least one of said one or more messages by said first electronic interface.

18. A system according to claim 15, wherein said message monitor is configured to use comparison information regarding the matching of the desired degree of recordlessness and the degree of recordlessness of said one or more electronic messaging functionalities to facilitate at least one of said one or more electronic messaging functionalities to generate and/or transmit the electronic massage based on said comparison information.

19. A system for electronic messaging, the system comprising:

a sender device including an interface for receiving information for inclusion in an electronic message;

a first electronic messaging subsystem, said first electronic messaging subsystem having a first degree of recordlessness;

a second electronic messaging subsystem, said second electronic messaging subsystem having a second degree of recordlessness that differs from said first degree of recordlessness;

a first database including a set of rules for determining a status of said electronic message, said set of rules including criteria for determining said status based on whether said electronic message should be sent at said first or second degree of recordlessness; and

a message monitor in communication with said interface, said first database, said first electronic messaging subsystem, and said second electronic messaging subsystem, said message monitor comparing said electronic message to said set of rules to determine said status prior to transmission of said electronic message.

20. A machine-readable medium containing machine executable instructions implementing a method of monitoring an electronic message at the point of generation, the instructions comprising:

a set of instructions for receiving information from a user via an electronic interface for inclusion in an electronic message;

a set of instructions for determining a desired degree of recordlessness for the electronic message; and

a set of instructions for choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality for generating and/or transmitting the electronic message based on the desired degree of recordlessness.

21. A machine-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said set of instructions for determining a desired degree of recordlessness for the electronic message includes a set of instructions for comparing at least part of the information received to one or more rules in one or more electronic databases.

22. A machine-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said set of instructions for choosing includes a set of instructions for displaying a notification based on the desired degree of recordlessness to the user.

23. A machine-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said set of instructions for choosing includes a set of instructions for displaying one or more choices of electronic messaging functionalities available to the user that have an ability to generate and/or transmit an electronic message with a degree of recordlessness high enough to meet or exceed the desired degree of recordlessness.

24. A machine-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said set of instructions for choosing includes a set of instructions for displaying an indication that one or more electronic messaging functionalities available to the user has a degree of recordlessness that exceeds the desired degree of recordlessness.

25. A machine-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said set of instructions for choosing includes set of instructions for displaying an indication that one or more electronic messaging functionalities available to the user does not have an ability to generate and/or transmit an electronic message with a degree of recordlessness high enough to meet or exceed the desired degree of recordlessness.

26. A machine-readable medium according to claim 25, wherein said set of instructions for choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes a set of instructions for receiving from the user an instruction to generate and/or transmit the electronic message utilizing a messaging functionality that does not have a degree of recordlessness high enough to meet or exceed the desired degree of recordlessness.

27. A machine-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said set of instructions for choosing includes a set of instructions for automatedly generating and/or transmitting the electronic message.

28. A machine-readable medium according to claim 27, wherein said set of instructions for choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes a set of instructions for automatedly generating and/or transmitting the electronic message utilizing a messaging functionality having a degree of recordlessness high enough to meet or exceed the desired degree of recordlessness.

29. A machine-readable medium according to claim 27, wherein said set of instructions for choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes a set of instructions for automatedly preventing the generation and/or transmission of the electronic message by at least one restricted messaging functionality of the one or more messaging functionalities based on the degree of recordlessness of the at least one restricted messaging functionality exceeding the desired degree of recordlessness.

30. A machine-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein the electronic interface is an electronic interface for a first one of a plurality of available electronic messaging functionalities.

31. A machine-readable medium according to claim 30, wherein said set of instructions for choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes a set of instructions for generating and/or transmitting the electronic message utilizing the first one of the plurality of available electronic messaging functionalities.

32. A machine-readable medium according to claim 30, wherein said set of instructions for choosing an appropriate electronic messaging functionality includes a set of instructions for generating and/or transmitting the electronic message utilizing a second one of the plurality of available electronic messaging functionalities.