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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

May. 21, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan F. Brunn, Logan, UT (US);

Jeffrey R. Hoy, Southern Pines, NC (US);

Marit L. Imsdahl, Morrisville, NC (US);

Asima Silva, Holden, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/30 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Presenting an electronic message includes receiving an electronic message, the electronic message includes a message originator, a message recipient, and a number of digital stamps wherein each of the number of digital stamps is associated with a social network, validating each digital stamp by contacting the social network associated with that digital stamp, when a digital stamp is validated, identifying a social relationship between the message recipient and the message originator using the social network corresponding to that digital stamp, and displaying, with the electronic message, an indication of the social relationship.


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