Identifying and using identities deemed to be known to a user

Details Identifying and using identities deemed to be known to a user Identifying and using identities deemed to be known to a user

2003-12-30

2009-11-03

Pwu, Jeffrey (Department: 2446)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C709S207000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07613776

ABSTRACT:
The people a user is presumed to know or be associated with may be determined using a number of techniques. This information about people that the user knows is used in relation to the user's communications. For example, a display of e-mail may only show the user e-mails from known people.

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