Server device and method for providing e-mail service, and information recording medium recording a program for realizing the service
US6985925B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/212
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A receiver receives e-mails. In the case where an address of an e-mail is a user's e-mail address which is managed by another e-mail server device, a transfer unit transfers the e-mail to the another e-mail server device. In the case where an address of an e-mail is a user's e-mail address which is managed by an e-mail server device including an inquiry unit, this inquiry unit inquires of the corresponding user whether to accept the e-mail to be delivered from its e-mail addresser. In the case where the user does not accept the e-mail to be delivered, a notification unit sends a message for informing the addresser that there is no user having a public e-mail address. In the case where the conditions for delivering an e-mail are all satisfied, a delivery unit delivers the e-mail to a user having a public e-mail address.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.