Mail server coordination activities using message metadata

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8640201
APP PUB NO 20080141346A1
SERIAL NO

11608861

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In a distributed electronic messaging system authorized information comprising metadata concerning a message is passed along from one mail server to another mail server. A receiving computer determines if the sending computer has the necessary authorizations to pass along the metadata. If so, the authorized information is passed along with the message body, enabling repetitious actions to be eliminated. If the sending computer is not authorized to pass along the metadata, the metadata is stripped off the message, changed or annotated.

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  • MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Freeman, Trevor W Samammish, US 15 675
Kay, Jeffrey B Bellevue, US 18 803
Pearson, Malcolm Erik Kirkland, US 23 243
Tribble, Eric D Bellevue, US 10 272
Zhang, Hao Sammamish, US 1004 4852

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