Patent ID: 7487215

Claim:
A computer system comprising a processor and a computer readable memory unit coupled to the processor, said memory unit containing instructions that when executed by the processor implement a method for electronic communication distribution, said method comprising the computer implemented steps of: accepting an electronic communication object comprising a first sub-communication object embedded within a main communication object, wherein the main communication object comprises a first set of attributes, first text message comprising first text, and a first addressee, wherein said first set of attributes comprises a first language attribute and a first attachment attribute that includes a first document attachment attached to said main communication object, wherein the first sub-communication object comprises a second set of attributes, a second text message comprising second text differing from said first text, and a second addressee, wherein said second set of attributes comprises a second language attribute and a second attachment attribute that includes a second document attachment attached to said sub- communication object, wherein said first document attachment differs from said second document attachment, wherein said first sub-communication object does not comprise said first text message comprising said first text, and wherein a hierarchal relationship exists between the main communication object and the first sub-communication object such that the first sub-communication object inherits one or more of said first set of attributes from said main communication object if said one or more of said second set of attributes is not specified in said first sub-communication object; separating the first sub-communication object from the main communication object; sending, the main communication object, said first document attachment, and a separate first outline of the first sub-communication object to the first addressee in a first language associated with said first language attribute via a first transmission means; and sending, the first sub-communication object and said second document attachment to the second addressee in a second language associated with said second language attribute via a second transmission means, wherein said first language differs from said second language, wherein said first transmission means differs from said second transmission means, wherein the first sub-communication object comprises the one or more of said first set of attributes from said main communication object if the one or more of said second set of attributes is not specified in said first sub-communication object.