Patent ID: 8171089
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for electronic mail (email) processing to multiple recipients based on user defined visibility settings, comprising: receiving input of email addresses for recipients in a to recipient field; receiving input of email addresses for recipients in a blind carbon copy field, wherein one of the recipients in the blind carbon copy field is on a privileged list; identifying at least one recipient in the to recipient field as being on the privileged list, wherein recipients in the privileged list are allowed to visibly recognize others within the privileged list; and transmitting an email message to recipients in the to recipient field and the blind carbon copy field; wherein, in response to receiving the email message, the one of the recipients in the blind carbon copy field that are on the privileged list can reply only to recipients in the to recipient field that are on the privileged list and a sender of the email message by selecting a reply to all option.