Patent ID: 8539029
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for identifying attributes associated with content of an e-mail message and alerting a user regarding the attributes, the system comprising: a client device programmed to allow a user to create an e-mail message including at least one recipient and a message content; a server programmed to check an attribute of the e-mail message, and to send the e-mail message; and one or more information stores in communication with the server, the information stores including information about the e-mail message; wherein the server is programmed to query the information stores to obtain information about the e-mail message as the e-mail message is being composed by the user, and the server sends a response to the client regarding the e-mail message; when the response includes a mail tip, the client is programmed to provide the mail tip to the user based on the response, the mail tip being formatted and positioned by the client so that it is integrated within the e-mail message; and when the response includes a roadblock, the client is programmed to disable a send button of the e-mail message based on the response to prevent the e-mail message from being sent, the roadblock comprising the at least one recipient not being authorized to see the contents of the e-mail message, the send button being grayed out to indicate that the send button is disabled.