Patent ID: 8730836

Claim:
A system, comprising: (a) communiqué aspect data intercepting module configured to intercept communiqué aspect data transmitted to a communication device associated with an end user, the intercepting to prevent the communiqué aspect data from reaching at least temporarily the communication device, the communiqué aspect data to be intercepted indicating one or more aspects of a communiqué that is directed to the communication device and that is affiliated with a particular source entity, the intercepting of the communiqué aspect data being in accordance with one or more conditional directives received via the communication device, wherein the communiqué aspect data intercepting module is separate from the communication device; and (b) covert indicator data transmitting module configured to transmit to the communication device covert indicator data that upon reception by the communication device covertly indicates at least some of the one or more aspects and/or one or more other aspects of the communiqué, the transmission of the covert indicator data being in response to the intercepting of the communiqué aspect data and in lieu of transmitting direct indication of the communiqué to the communication device, wherein the covert indicator data transmitting module includes at least: (i) a covert indicator data transmitting module configured to transmit to the communication device covert indicator data that when received by the communication device causes the communication device to present a covert indicator that covertly indicates one or more aspects of the communiqué and/or one or more other aspects of the communiqué, wherein the covert indicator data transmitting module configured to transmit to the communication device covert indicator data that when received by the communication device causes the communication device to present a covert indicator that covertly indicates one or more aspects of the communiqué and/or one or more other aspects of the communiquéincludes at least: (A) a covert indicator data transmitting module configured to transmit to the communication device predefined data that when received by the communication device causes the communication device to present at least one predefined covert indicator that covertly indicates one or more aspects of the communiqué and/or one or more other aspects of the communiqué, wherein the at least one predefined covert indicator covertly indicates, without explicitly indicating, as the one or more covertly indicated aspects and/or one or more other aspects of the communiqué at least one of an identity of the source entity, a subject heading of the communiqué, or a reception time of the communiqué; and wherein at least one of the communiqué aspect data intercepting module or the covert indicator data transmitting module is implemented at least in part with hardware.