Patent ID: 9015252
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing privacy to an electronic mail user, comprising: displaying, by a first computer system to said electronic mail user, a user interface object enabling said electronic mail user to indicate a threshold value, wherein said threshold value indicates a maximum number of viewable destination electronic mail addresses that may include an electronic mail address associated with said electronic mail user; transmitting, from said first computer system to a second computer system, a message indicating that said electronic mail user desires that said electronic mail address associated with said electronic mail user be kept private, wherein said message indicating that said electronic mail user desires that said electronic mail address associated with said electronic mail user be kept private further comprises said threshold value; storing, by said second computer system, responsive to receipt of said message indicating that said electronic mail user desires that said electronic mail address associated with said electronic mail user be kept private, an indication that said electronic mail user desires that said electronic mail address associated with said electronic mail user be kept private; and moving, by said second computer system, responsive to said indication that said electronic mail user desires that said electronic mail address associated with said electronic mail user be kept private, said electronic mail address associated with said electronic mail user from a first recipient field of an electronic mail message to a second recipient field of said electronic mail message, wherein said moving said electronic mail address associated with said electronic mail user from said first recipient field of said electronic mail message to said second recipient field of said electronic mail message is further responsive to said second computer system determining that a total number of viewable destination electronic mail addresses of said electronic mail message exceeds said threshold value.