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Systems and methods for automatically updating electronic mail access lists

US7562119B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 2003
Grant dateJul 14, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L51/066
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for accepting a recipient identifier, wherein the recipient identifier can be used to identify an electronic mail (email) recipient; generating a petition based on the recipient identifier and at least one petition rule, wherein the at least one petition rule includes at least one of: 1) a sender identification method; and 2) a recipient; and wherein the petition can be used by a email provider to allow a recipient to receive email from a sender.

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