Patent ID: 8301704
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling distribution of electronic messages with a computing system comprising: providing an electronic message to be processed with the computing system; identifying recipient designations made by a user for electronic messages, including designation times associated with said recipient designations; receiving an initial set of designated recipients for said electronic message manually identified by a user with the computing system; determining with the computing system if said initial set includes multiple designated recipients from a group of individuals in one or more message address books; using the computing system to evaluate electronic message designations provided by said user including at a time after said user has completed manually providing all of said initial set of designated recipients to determine if said initial set of designated recipients for said electronic message should be modified; wherein when multiple designated recipients are identified in said initial set, the computing system correlates multiple ones of said initial set of designated recipients provided by the user with a second set of undesignated recipients taken from said one or more message address books to automatically identify additional potential recipients; further wherein a weighting consideration is given to said recipient designation times as part of determining if said initial set of designated recipients should be modified; and forming a final set of designated recipients with the computing system, including any additional potential recipients added to said initial set of designated recipients, based on the evaluation of electronic message designations provided by said user.