US 12,008,628 B2
Systems and methods for obscuring content in electronic messages
Robert Saunders, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to SHOPIFY INC., Ottawa (CA)
Filed by SHOPIFY INC., Ottawa (CA)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/345,155.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398646 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0282 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0838 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); G06Q 20/383 (2013.01); H04L 63/0421 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0282 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining first electronic contact information associated with a user and second electronic contact information associated with a recipient;
generating a master message including multiple fields, each field of the multiple fields assigned at least one of: a first tag that corresponds to the user, a second tag that corresponds to the recipient, or a third tag indicating that a content modification rule of one or more content modification rules applies;
generating a first electronic message, wherein the first electronic message includes the content of the multiple fields assigned the first tag;
generating a second electronic message that includes at least some content present in the first electronic message and obscures other content present in the first electronic message, wherein the second electronic message includes the content of any of the multiple fields that are assigned the second tag and modified content for any of the multiple fields that are assigned the third tag;
transmitting the first electronic message to a device associated with the first electronic contact information; and
transmitting the second electronic message to another device associated with the second electronic contact information.