Patent ID: 9722961
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for transferring and utilizing private content in emails, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by one or more computer processors, an email, wherein the email consists of a common content, at least one recipient of the common content, a private content, and at least one recipient of the private content, and wherein each of the at least one recipients of the private content is a recipient of the common content; storing, by one or more computer processors, the common content in a first storage location; storing, by one or more computer processors, the private content in a second storage location; responsive to receiving a request by the at least one recipient of the private content to provide the email, prompting, by one or more computer processors, the at least one recipient of the private content for a first key; responsive to verifying the first key, providing, by one or more computer processors, the common content from the first storage location to the at least one recipient of the private content; responsive to receiving a request by the at least one recipient of the private content to provide the private content, prompting, by one or more computer processors, the at least one recipient of the private content for a second key, wherein the second key is not the first key; and responsive to verifying the second key, providing, by one or more computer processors, the private content from the second storage location to the at least one recipient of the private content.