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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCraig Fellenstein, Carl Phillip Gusler, Rick Allen Hamilton II, James Wesley Seaman
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A method and implementing computer system are provided in which a senders of electronic communications such as email are enabled to selectively control the sending and display of portions of electronic communications. In one example, selected portions of a message may be viewed by only selected recipients and other sections of the communications may be viewed by all recipients. In another exemplary embodiment, means are also provided to select print disable and forwarding disable functions, which when selected, are effective to prevent printing or forwarding, respectively, of all or selected portions of a received message by selected recipients.
A method for processing content in an electronic communication addressed from a user to a plurality of recipients, said method comprising:
A storage medium including machine readable coded indicia, said storage medium being selectively coupled to a reading device, said reading device being selectively coupled to processing circuitry within a computer system, said reading device being selectively operable to read said machine readable coded indicia and provide program signals representative thereof, said program signals being effective to enable processing content of an electronic communication addressed from a user to a plurality of recipients, said program signals being selectively operable to accomplish the steps of:
A computer system comprising:
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