Systems and methods for automatically updating electronic mail access lists

US7660857B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mindshare Design, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven Smith · Austin, US
• Kenneth A. Schmidt · El Segundo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2003
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical 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.