Patent ID: 7231428
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for processing messages, the method comprising: maintaining rules of which a first rule specifies a first alias of a first sender to be used for messages sent from the first sender to a first group of one or more intended recipients, and a second rule that specifies a second alias of the first sender to be used for messages sent from the first sender to a second group of one or more other recipients receiving a first message from the first sender to the one or more intended recipients of the first group; changing the first message so that address information presented shows the first alias of the first sender; receiving a second message from the first sender, the message having a particular intended recipient; determining which of the first and second groups includes the particular intended recipient; selecting one of the first rule and the second rule based on a result of the determining; and changing the second message so that the address information presented shows the alias specified by the rule selected.