Patent ID: 8903926

Claim:
A method for determining an intended recipient of an electronic message, comprising: detecting, by a processor, a flag associated with the electronic message sent to a recipient that indicates that the recipient is not the intended recipient; identifying a first user related to the recipient based on a likeness algorithm; sending the electronic message to the first user; if the first user does not respond within a predetermined time or responds by setting the flag that the first user is not the intended recipient: identifying a second user related to the first user based on the likeness algorithm, sending the electronic message to the second user, if the second user responds to the electronic message indicating that the second user is the intended recipient: determining the second user as the intended recipient, and updating automatically the electronic message to include an identifier of the second user; if the first user responds to the electronic message indicating that the first user is the intended recipient: determining the first user as the intended recipient, and updating automatically the electronic message to include an identifier of the first user.