Patent ID: 8839454
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of sending an electronic communication to a plurality of message recipients, the method comprising: receiving, at a processor, the electronic communication; receiving a privacy sphere comprising a compound attribute including one of a geographic information attribute, an interest information attribute and a temporal information attribute, wherein the privacy sphere is received from a first source different from a second source of the electronic communication; determining the plurality of message recipients by comparing the privacy sphere to a set of objects, the set of objects comprising a network address and meta-data relating to a potential message recipient including one of geographic information, interest information and temporal information, wherein comparing comprises translating one of the meta-data and the attributes of the compound attribute and comparing the compound attribute to the meta-data; and transmitting the electronic communication to the plurality of message recipients, wherein the electronic communication comprises instructions operable to delete the electronic communication sent to one of the plurality of message recipients if one of a set of objects associated with the one of the plurality of message recipients changes so that the one of the plurality of message recipients who was initially eligible to receive the electronic communication is no longer eligible to receive the electronic communication.