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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2009
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amit Barave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mukul Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Darryl Gatzke, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amit Barave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mukul Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Darryl Gatzke, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an example embodiment, described herein is an apparatus that comprises a user interface, a communication interface, and logic coupled to the user interface and communication interface. The logic is configured to receiving a request via the user interface to forward a message to a recipient to determine whether distribution of the message is restricted to a group. The logic is further configured to determine whether the recipient is a member of the group responsive to determining distribution of the message restricted to a group. The logic is configured to send the message to the recipient via the communication interface responsive to determining the recipient is a member of the group.