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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2006
Applicant:
Barry Hayes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Barry Hayes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of restricting distribution of electronic messages may include receiving an electronic message, enabling a recipient of the electronic message to compose a related message that includes at least a portion of the message content, and notifying the recipient if the list of proposed recipients is inconsistent with the distribution restriction information embedded in the received electronic message. The message may include message content and embedded distribution restriction information and the composed message may include a list of proposed recipients.