Patent ID: 7877452
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of forwarding an e-mail in an e-mail system, said e-mail is referred as a forwarded e-mail, the forwarded e-mail including a Global-ID, comprising: receiving at a computing device an instruction to forward the e-mail and creating a forwarding e-mail, said forwarded e-mail including a sender address and said forwarding e-mail including a recipient address; generating a Global-ID and designating the Global-ID to the forwarding e-mail; if the sender address of the forwarded e-mail is identical with the recipient address of the forwarding e-mail, designating a Reply-to-ID to the forwarding e-mail, said Reply-to-ID corresponding to the Global-ID of the forwarded e-mail, otherwise, incorporating the content of the forwarded e-mail to the forwarding e-mail; inputting content to the forwarding e-mail by the user; and sending and storing the forwarding e-mail; wherein said forwarded e-mail includes an expiration-time, and wherein said step of designating a Reply-to-ID further includes: designating an expiration-time to the forwarding e-mail; determining whether current date has exceeded the expiration-time of the forwarded e-mail; and incorporating the content of the forwarded e-mail into the forwarding e-mail, if current date has exceeded the expiration-time of the forwarded e-mail.