Patent №
US 10,453,034
Granted
2019-10-22
Filed 2007
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
2
kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11840775
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for managing e-mail user confidentiality. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing e-mail user confidentiality can be provided. The method can include transmitting an e-mail message for delivery to multiple e-mail users and corresponding e-mail addresses, identifying a privacy preference for a particular one of the e-mail users; and, concealing a display within the e-mail message of an e-mail address associated with the particular one of the e-mail users responsive to the privacy preference.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 197370996
Assignors
JONES, ANGELA RICHARDS, LYLE, RUTHIE D.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.