Patent ID: 7747692

Claim:
A system for tailoring electronic messages to, and receiving the electronic messages by, a multitude of recipients, said multitude of recipients being grouped in a plurality of classes of recipients, the system, comprising: an author processor for generating an electronic message including a multitude of message parts, and for combining with said message parts a multitude of message indicators to form at least part of a composite message, said message indicators identifying, for each of said message parts, a recipient class for which said each of the message parts is intended for viewing by; and a plurality of reader processors, each of the reader processors for receiving from one of the recipients one or more recipient indicators pre-selected by said one of the recipients, for receiving the composite message from the author processor, and for identifying selected ones of the message parts in the composite message for viewing by said one of the recipients by comparing said one or more recipient indicators pre-selected by said one of the recipients with the message indicators in the composite message to determine, for each of the message parts, whether said one of the recipients has selected to view said each of the message parts.