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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Corinne M. Ryan, Westford, MA (US);
Michael R. O'brien, Westford, MA (US);
Corinne M. Ryan, Westford, MA (US);
Michael R. O'Brien, Westford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for forcing e-mail addresses into the Bcc: field of transmitted messages in order to enforce user privacy. A user interface enables a user to indicate that their e-mail address is not to be included in a 'To:' or 'Cc:' field of an e-mail message from another user when the number of e-mail addresses contained in those fields exceeds a threshold size. The user's e-mail address and the associated threshold are stored for future reference when new messages are sent by the other user. Subsequently, when a new message is generated by the other user in which the number of e-mail addresses contained in the “To:” and/or “Cc:” field exceeds the threshold, then the disclosed system moves the user's e-mail address from the “To:” or “Cc:” field to the “Bcc:” field of the message before the message is transmitted to its recipients. Privacy messages may either be sent individually to specific users, or may be automatically generated as a result of a general privacy setting being indicated by the user.