Patent ID: 7774414
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of notifying an e-mail message originator of the e-mail message's re-transmission by a first addressee to a second addressee comprising the step of: a. formatting said e-mail message to include a forwarded message data field, which marks said e-mail message as requiring a notice to be sent to the originator when said e-mail message is re-transmitted by said first addressee to a second addressee, wherein the second addressee is unaware that the notice is sent to the originator; wherein said first addressee is at least one addressee in a “TO” message data field of said e-mail message; wherein said notice sent to the originator is a blind notification of the forwarded message; wherein the notice is sent to the originator by a computer that received the forwarded e-mail message; and wherein the forwarded e-mail message comprises: