Patent ID: 8838719
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining, in a computing device, a message to be transmitted via a network to a plurality of recipients, the message being generated by a sender; determining, in the computing device, an action to be initiated in response to the message, the action being determined based upon a set of rules and an examination comprising a review of the message by a group of people selected by the sender, said group comprising ones of a group of candidate reviewers who accepted an invitation to review messages from the sender, a result of the examination indicating whether the message is allowable based upon content of the message or metadata associated with the message, the set of rules defining the action in response to the result; and initiating, in the computing device, the action determined for the message, the action comprising at least one of: transmitting the message to the recipients, requesting the sender to review the message, modifying the message, and deleting the message, wherein the set of rules specify that the action should be automatically initiated if, in the result, a threshold number of the group of people recommend the action.