Presenting an electronic message

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10972422-B2
Application number	US-201514718965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2015
Priority date	May 21, 2015
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

Presenting an electronic message includes receiving an electronic message, the electronic message includes a message originator, a message recipient, and a number of digital stamps wherein each of the number of digital stamps is associated with a social network, validating each digital stamp by contacting the social network associated with that digital stamp, when a digital stamp is validated, identifying a social relationship between the message recipient and the message originator using the social network corresponding to that digital stamp, and displaying, with the electronic message, an indication of the social relationship.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for presenting an electronic message, the system comprising:
a processor;
memory communicatively connected to the processor; and
a presenting system, the presenting system comprising:
a receiving engine, comprising the processer and the memory, to receive an encrypted electronic message, the electronic message comprising a message originator, a message recipient, and a digital stamp wherein the digital stamp is associated with a social network, wherein each digital stamp comprises an identification value based on the message originator and a contents of the electronic message;
a validating engine, comprising the processer and the memory, to validate the digital stamp by contacting the social network associated with each digital stamp wherein the digital stamp limits a number of times the digital stamp is referenced and to transform the digital stamp into a token and to use the token to decrypt the encrypted message;
a retrieving engine, comprising the processer and the memory, to retrieve from the social network, based on the digital stamp, additional data associated with the electronic message, the additional data comprising a remaining portion of the electronic message not originally included in the electronic message;
an identifying engine, comprising the processer and the memory, to identify, when the digital stamp is validated, a social relationship between the message recipient and the message originator using the social network corresponding to that digital stamp; and
a displaying engine, comprising the processer and the memory, to display, with the electronic message, an indication of a closest degree of the social relationship in multiple social networks, the degree of the social relationship comprising an identification as to whether the message originator and the message recipient are directly socially connected or indirectly socially connected based on the social network, the digital stamp defining the degree of social relationship and wherein the social relationship is displayed with the electronic message; and
filtering the electronic messages based on the social relationship in response to a determination that the social relationship exceeds a threshold as defined by the digital stamp, the threshold indicating that the social relationship is too distant to allow access to the additional data associated with the electronic message.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital stamp includes protections to limit the number of times the digital stamp may be referenced.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the social relationship is a social relationship within the social network.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic message includes a number of authentication measures.

5. A computer program product for presenting an electronic message, the computer program product comprising a machine-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
receive an encrypted electronic message, the electronic message comprising a message originator, a message recipient, and a digital stamp wherein the digital stamp is associated with a social network, wherein each digital stamp comprises an identification value based on the message originator and a contents of the electronic message;
validate the digital stamp by contacting the social network associated with the digital stamp;
retrieve from a social network, based on the digital stamp, additional data associated with the electronic message, the additional data comprising a remaining portion of the electronic message not originally included in the electronic message;
transform the digital stamp to generate a token;
decrypt the encrypted electronic message using the token;
identify, when the digital stamp is validated, a social relationship between the message recipient and the message originator using the social network corresponding to that digital stamp;
display, with the electronic message, an indication of a degree of the social relationship, the degree of the social relationship comprising an identification as to whether the message originator and the message recipient are directly socially connected or indirectly socially connected based on the social network, the digital stamp defining the degree of social relationship; and
filter the electronic messages based on the social relationship in response to a determination that the social relationship exceeds a threshold as defined by the digital stamp, the threshold indicating that the social relationship is too distant to allow access to the additional data associated with the electronic message and wherein the social relationship comprises relationships across multiple social networks and identifying the electronic messages based on a closest social relationship between a sender and a receiver on the multiple social networks.

6. The product of claim 5 , wherein the social relationship comprises interpersonal relationships, common interests, common employment, and common attributes.

7. The product of claim 5 , wherein displaying, with the electronic message, an indication of the social relationship comprises displaying a summary of the social relationship.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Brunn Jonathan F
• Hoy Jeffrey R
• Imsdahl Marit L
• Silva Asima

Classifications

• H04L51/08 Primary

  Annexed information, e.g. attachments · CPC title

• H04L51/52 Primary

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/23

  Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting · CPC title

• H04L51/212

  using filtering or selective blocking · CPC title

• H04L51/12

  Electricity · mapped topic