Patent ID: 7890593
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for segmenting an email addressed to a plurality of original email recipients without the need to send separate emails, the computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage device; first program instructions for selecting a section of the email; second program instructions for selecting a recipient for the section from the plurality of recipients; third program instructions for inserting, responsive to selecting the recipient for the section, a section information that identifies the recipient for the section and a starting and an ending character of the section into a header of the email; fourth program instructions for sending the email to an email server, the email server comprising a processor and a memory; fifth program instructions for receiving the email at the email server; sixth program instructions for parsing, at the email server, the header for the section information; seventh program instructions for sending, at the email server, the email to the recipient for the section; and eighth program instructions for sending, at the email server, the email without the section and the section information to the plurality of original recipients that have not been selected for receiving the section so that the plurality of original recipients cannot see that the section was removed; wherein the first through the eighth program instructions are stored in the computer readable storage device; and wherein the section information is adapted to automatically prefix the section with an explanatory text to inform the section recipient that the section is being transmitted only to the section recipient, and wherein the explanatory text is adapted to be indented and colored.