Propagation control system and method
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPatrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Kieran Anthony Deegan, Edith Helen Stern, Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner
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Abstract
An email message that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is defined on a first client electronic device. A first set of downstream response rights is assigned, on the first client electronic device, to a first recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients. A second set of downstream response rights is assigned, on the first client electronic device, to a second recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients. The second set of downstream response rights is different from the first set of downstream response rights.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- defining an email message on a first client electronic device that is addressed to a plurality of recipients;
- assigning, on the first client electronic device, a first set of downstream response rights to a first recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients;
- and
- assigning, on the first client electronic device, a second set of downstream response rights to a second recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients;
- wherein the second set of downstream response rights is different from the first set of downstream response rights.
A computer program product for assigning downstream rights, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium comprising computer usable program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer usable program code comprises computer usable program code configured to:
- define an email message on a first client electronic device that is addressed to a plurality of recipients;
- assign, on the first client electronic device, a first set of downstream response rights to a first recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients;
- and
- assign, on the first client electronic device, a second set of downstream response rights to a second recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients;
- wherein the second set of downstream response rights is different from the first set of downstream response rights.
A client electronic device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor;
- a first software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the first software module is configured to define an email message that is addressed to a plurality of recipients;
- a second software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the second software module is configured to assign a first set of downstream response rights to a first recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients;
- and
- a third software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the third software module is configured to assign a second set of downstream response rights to a second recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients;
- wherein the second set of downstream response rights is different from the first set of downstream response rights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.