Patent ID: 9137032
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of processing email communications, said method being performed in an end user system, said method comprising: receiving, in said end user system, a criteria for determining the recipients of an email communication while said email communication is composed at said end user system, wherein said criteria comprises one or more conditions, each condition containing a pre-defined field, a conditional operator and a set of values; identifying in said end user system, a set of recipients matching said criteria by sending a query specifying said criteria and receiving email identifiers of said recipients as a response, wherein an enterprise data store maintains information on a plurality of users of an enterprise, wherein said query is processed by said enterprise data store to generate information representing said set of recipients by processing said criteria, wherein said enterprise data store includes a user in said set of recipients only if the information of said user matches said one or more conditions, wherein said end user system sends said query to said email server, which in turn forwards said query to said enterprise data store to cause said criteria to be processed by said enterprise data store, wherein said information is thereafter forwarded to said end user system, said set of recipients being contained in said plurality of users, said information containing an email address of each of said set of recipients to represent the corresponding user; and forwarding from said end user system to said email server, said email communication containing said email identifiers to specify that said email communication is to be delivered to said set of recipients.