Patent Document ID: 6154783
Application ID: 09157093
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of addressing electronic communications for transmission over a network, the method including: receiving a request to identify a proposed receipt of an electronic communication, the request including a plurality of communication terms within the electronic communication; accessing a knowledge profile including knowledge terms indicative of a knowledge base of a potential recipient of the electronic communication; identifying the potential recipient as a proposed recipient of the electronic communication utilizing terms within the electronic communication and the knowledge profile by comparing the communication terms and the knowledge terms, and detecting a correspondence therebetween; and prompting a sender of the electronic communication to either accept or decline the proposed recipient as an actual recipient of the electronic communication by inclusion of the proposed recipient as an addressee of the electronic communication, wherein the prompting of the sender to either accept or decline the proposed receipt includes providing the sender with information reflecting a reason for the proposal of the proposed recipient for inclusion as an addressee of the electronic communication.