Method of adding a postscript message to an email

• US 9,100,356 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2013
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPost Communications Limited (RPost International Limited)
• Original Assignee: RPost Communications Limited (RPost International Limited)
• Inventors: Khan, Zafar, Tomkow, Terrance A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrishamkar, Kaveh
• Application Number:
  US13/933,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20140047046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

A system and method providing for appending of a note or instruction to the contents of an email such that the note or instructions is only appended to emails of selected recipients of a group of recipients, with only the email going to the other recipients of the group of recipients is provided.

Claims

1. An electronic messaging system including a processor, a memory, and a network interface for transmitting at least one message via a first network from a sender to a plurality of recipients, said message system comprising:

means for creating a message and associating at least one recipient'"'"'s address with the message;

a first server for routing the message selectively to the address of the at least one recipient;

means for creating a distinct added message, and storing the distinct added message at a location in a second server;

means for appending a pointer to the message to be sent to the address of the at least one recipient who is intended by a sender to receive the distinct added message, the appended pointer pointing to the location in the second server of the distinct added message to be received by the at least one recipient,

wherein the distinct added message is accessible by those recipients who are to receive the message along with the distinct added message.

2. The electronic messaging system of claim 1, wherein addresses of the recipients are determined at either the first server or second server.

3. The electronic messaging system of claim 1, wherein content of the appended distinct added message is determined at either the first or second server.

4. The electronic messaging system of claim 1, wherein content of the appended distinct added message is determined at the first or second server based upon an identification of the recipient or an identification of the sender.

5. The electronic messaging system of claim 1, wherein content of the appended distinct added message is determined at either the first or second server based upon content of the message.

6. The electronic messaging system of claim 1, wherein the appended distinct added message is a set of messages created by a plurality of senders.

7. The electronic messaging system of claim 6, wherein the appended distinct added message is a selected portion of the messages created by senders.

8. The electronic messaging system of claim 1, wherein content of the distinct added message is text, one or more images, or video dynamically inserted into the distinct added message in a accordance with a set of rules stored on the first or second servers.

9. The electronic messaging system of claim 8, wherein the set of rules may dynamically insert content into the distinct added message in response to the server detecting one or more of the following:

an indication provided by the sender, the content of the message, a system setting, a hierarchy of content, and a recipient destination.

10. The electronic messaging system of claim 1, wherein the distinct added message is sent to the intended recipient via a second network different from the first network.