Patent ID: 9590955
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for preventing transmission of unwanted electronic communication to an anonymous recipient when providing an electronic correspondence history for the anonymous recipient, the method comprising: receiving, by an online communication service and from a computing device associated with an organizer, a first request to send a first electronic invitation to an invitee on behalf of the organizer; transmitting, by an online communication service and responsive to the first request, the first electronic invitation to a computing device associated with the invitee, wherein the first electronic invitation identifies a first event having an end time and is transmitted on behalf of the organizer; obtaining, by the online communication service, an address for communicating with the invitee over a data network or a telecommunication network, wherein the address is obtained from a first electronic response received subsequent to transmitting the first electronic invitation; generating a first identifier for the invitee by encrypting the obtained address; preventing the online communication service from accessing the obtained address subsequent to the end time of the first event; performing, by the online communication service and based on receiving a second request to send a second electronic invitation to the invitee, operations comprising: