US 11,792,150 B2
Electronic mail connectedness indicator
Brandon Sloane, Indian Land, SC (US); and Julio Cesar Nunez, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/470,829.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074369 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04L 51/42 (2022.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/42 (2022.05) [G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for enhancing the security of electronic mail, the system comprising;
one or more communication storage apparatus including a first memory and at least one first processing device in communication with the first memory, wherein the first memory is configured to store historical electronic communication sent and received by a plurality of users; and
a computing platform including a second memory and at least one second processing device in communication with the second memory, wherein the second memory stores:
a connectedness indicator module, executable by the at least one second processing device and configured to:
receive an email sent by an individual or entity and addressed to a user from amongst the plurality of users,
access the first memory of the one or more communication storage apparatus to determine a volume of electronic communication (i) received by the user from the individual or entity and (ii) sent to the individual or entity by the user,
determine a level of connectedness that the user has to the individual or entity based at least on the determined volume of electronic communication, and
provide a visual indicator within at least one of (i) the email, and (ii) an electronic mailbox of the user, wherein the visual indicator indicates the level of connectedness that the user has to the individual or entity, and
a connectedness dashboard application, executable by the one or more second processing devices and configured to:
provide the user access to a dashboard presentation via a hyperlink embedded in the visual indicator, wherein the dashboard presentation is configured to present information related to electronic communications, wherein the information includes the volume of electronic communications (i) received by the user from the individual or entity and (ii) sent to the individual or entity by the user.