Patent SG-11201900548W-A (SG)
Title: Method and system for private communication with multiple parties
Inventor: YANG BOYU
IPC: H01L51/00
Filed: 2017-09-01
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 08 March 2018 (08.03.2018) W I PO I PCT IiiimmomiolollmonoloolommoilommomflovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/045341 Al (51) International Patent Classification: GOOF 15/16 (2006.01) GOOF 3/01 (2006.01) GO6Q 10/10 (2012.01) HO1L 51/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/049953 (22) International Filing Date: 01 September 2017 (01.09.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 201610804884.5 05 September 2016 (05.09.2016) CN 15/691,506 30 August 2017 (30.08.2017) US (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED [ /US]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O., Box 847, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). (72) Inventors: YANG, Boyu; Alibaba Group Legal Depart- ment, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). MA, Xinglin; Alibaba Group Legal Department, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). ZHANG, Ming; Alibaba Group Legal De- partment, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). YAO, Hailong; Alibaba Group Legal Department, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). CHEN, Yun; Alibaba Group Legal Department, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). HE, Weinan; Alibaba Group Legal Department, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). LIU, Huachen; Alibaba Group Le- gal Department, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). LI, Zhengfu; Alibaba Group Legal Department, 5/F, Build- ing 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). (54) Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIVATE COMMUNICATION WITH MULTIPLE PARTIES SENDER SERVER RECIPIENT RECIPIENT 2 302 GENERATE MESSAGE 304 SET REPLY MODE TOGETHER WITH VIEWING PERMISSION SEND MESSAGE 306 SEND MESSAGE 308A SEND REPLY MESSAGE SEND REPLY MESSAGE SEND REPLY MESSAGE 4 4 GENERATE REPLY MESSAGE 310A SEND REPLY MESSAGE / 308B GENERATE REPLY MESSAGE 31DB 4 312 GENERATE FOLLOW-UP REPLY 1 SEND FOLLOW-UP REPLY 1 316 GENERATE FOLLOW-UP REPLY 2 SEND FOLLOW-UP REPLY 2 314 SEND FOLLOW-UP REPLY 318 ► SEND FOLLOW-UP REPLY ► FIG. 3 (57) : Embodiments of the present application provide a method and system for communication. During operation, the system may receive a message sent by a sender to multiple recipients. The system may determine that a reply mode of the message is set to a private mode which restricts permission to receive replies to the message. The system may receive a reply message sent by a recipient in response to the message. The system may identify, among the sender and the multiple recipients, a communication party with permission to receive the reply message. The system may then send the reply message to the identified communication party. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/045341 Al 11111101MOMOIDEIREEMOMINHIEHIEMOVOIS (74) Agent: YAO, Shun; 2800 Fifth Street, Suite 110, Davis, California 95618 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))