Patent ID: 8316090
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A first computer comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions, executable by the processor, for: receiving, at the first computer, a human-readable message over a network or the Internet from a second computer, wherein the human-readable message is in the form of an e-mail; determining, at the first computer, whether that human-readable message includes (i) a tag originated by a sender of the human-readable message that is associated with the second computer, wherein the tag identifies the human-readable message as a message that is to be pre-processed prior to forwarding by the first computer to a plurality of recipients and (ii) human-readable instructions, originated by the sender of the human-readable message that is associated with the second computer, wherein the human-readable instructions are interpretable by the first computer to direct that first computer to pre-process the human-readable message by a pre-process routine, the pre-process routine including instructions for: when it is determined that the human-readable message includes (i) a tag and (ii) human-readable instructions, pre-processing the human-readable message in accordance with the human-readable instructions using the pre-process routine.