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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1999
Edward E. Kelley, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Norman J. Dauerer, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for a user, either an originator or a receiver of an e-mail message, to erase the e-mail message from all servers which routed the message when the e-mail message is erased from the user's client computer storage. By creating originator, server, and receiver delete tables, a pathway for a delete transaction containing the addresses of servers which routed the e-mail message enables the user, either an originator or receiver of the e-mail message, to sequentially delete the message along the pathway upon deletion from the client computer. Additionally, by inserting a deletion date into the header of the message, the message may be deleted from the client computer and all servers upon occurrence of the deletion date.