Patent ID: 7499976
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for avoiding transmission of an email to an unintended recipient, the method comprising: creating an email within a data processing system connected to a network, wherein the email is addressed to one or more recipient(s) within the network; accessing an electronic address book to determine if an entry in the electronic address book corresponding to a recipient among the one or more recipients indicates the recipient is a potential unintended recipient; determining that the recipient has been previously designated as a potential unintended email recipient based on a reply email from the recipient to a previously-issued email, wherein the recipient provided a hot button feature within the reply email, and wherein the hot button feature triggered the electronic address book to auto designate an address entry created for the recipient within the electronic address book as an unintended recipient; generating a specific notification prior to sending the email, indicating that the recipient potentially is an unintended recipient of the email in response to the determining that the recipient is a potential unintended email recipient with the auto designation as an unintended recipient; and prompting, within the specific notification, for a removal of the unintended recipient as a recipient of the email.