Systems and methods for domain- and auto-registration

• US 10,079,791 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2015
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Holdings, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Xpedite Systems LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Achilles, Kathleen, Dutta, Amitava
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia Cervetti, David
• Application Number:
  US14/643,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264049A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• Field of Search: 713176, 713170, 726 5, 726 7, 726 13, 726 22
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for processing messages for registered users within an allowed domain. The method includes performing domain-registration and auto-registration for non-registered users. The method allows users to utilize messaging services without having to individually register each and every user upfront.

Claims

1. A method for processing messages, comprising:

receiving, over a network by a processing module embodied on non-transitory computer memory of a messaging system operating on one or more server machines, an envelope of a message from a user'"'"'s device communicatively connected to the messaging system via the network;

the processing module determining a sender address from the envelope of the message;

the processing module determining whether the sender address, thus determined by the processing module from the envelope of the message received from the device, is associated with any of a set of registered domains of the messaging system;

the processing module discarding the message if the sender address from the envelope of the message is not associated with any of the set of registered domains;

the processing module allowing processing of the message to proceed for delivery of the message if the sender address from the envelope of the message is associated with one of the set of registered domains; and

the processing module determining whether the sender address from the envelope of the message is associated with any of a set of registered users of the messaging system and, if the sender address from the envelope of the message is not associated with any of the set of registered users of the messaging system, automatically initiating an auto-registration process that provisions a new email address for the user associated with the message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the envelope of the message is received during handshaking with an email client running on the device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether the sender address is associated with a registered user further comprises determining a domain or subdomain of the sender address.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the auto-registration process is not initiated if the messaging system determines that the domain or subdomain of the sender address is not avowed.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the auto-registration process further includes:

generating an entry in an authorization queue, the entry including the sender address; and

processing the entry in the authorization queue to determine whether the sender address is allowed based on the domain or the subdomain of the sender address.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the auto-registration process comprises:

marking the message to be sent on behalf of a reference address;

cloning settings of the reference address into the sender address; and

updating a customer provisioning database to include the sender address.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

generating one or more reports containing the sender address.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein auto-registration process comprises:

processing auto-registration of the sender address to remove duplicate requests for auto-registration of the sender address; and

generating a message address based on the sender address and a reference address associated with an organization'"'"'s network domain, the message address for use by the messaging system when sending messages from a sender.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

processing the message to determine whether to initiate the auto-registration process for the sender address or a domain-registration process for the sender address.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

if the sender address matches any of registered email addresses in a database, processing the message for delivery;

if the sender address does not match any of the registered email addresses in the database, determining a domain or subdomain of the sender address;

determining whether the domain or subdomain is registered with the messaging system; and

if the domain or subdomain of the sender address is registered with the messaging system, asynchronously and automatically initiating the auto-registration process.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

if the domain or subdomain of the sender address is not registered with the messaging system, discarding the message.

12. A messaging system for processing messages, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

non-transitory computer memory including instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform;

receiving, over a network an envelope of a message from a users device communicatively connected to the messaging system via the network;

determining a sender address from the envelope of the message;

determining whether the sender address, thus determined by the processor from the envelope of the message received from the device, is associated with any of a set of registered domains of the messaging system;

discarding the message if the sender address from the envelope of the message is not associated with any of the set of registered domains;

allowing processing of the message to proceed for delivery of the message if the sender address from the envelope of the message is associated with one of the set of registered domains; and

determining whether the sender address from the envelope of the message is associated with any of a set of registered users of the messaging system and, if the sender address from the envelope of the message is not associated with any of the set of registered users of the messaging system, automatically initiating an auto-registration process that provisions a new email address for the user associated with the message.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the envelope of the message is received during handshaking with an email client running on the device.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein the determining whether the sender address is associated with a registered user further comprises determining a domain or subdomain of the sender address.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein the auto-registration process is not initiated if the messaging system determines that the domain or subdomain of the sender address is not avowed.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the auto-registration process further includes:

generating an entry in an authorization queue, the entry including the sender address; and

processing the entry in the authorization queue to determine whether the sender address is allowed based on the domain or the subdomain of the sender address.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein the auto-registration process comprises:

marking the message to be sent on behalf of a reference address;

cloning settings of the reference address into the sender address; and

updating a customer provisioning database to include the sender address.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

generating one or more reports containing the sender address.

19. The system according to claim 12, wherein auto-registration process comprises:

processing auto-registration of the sender address to remove duplicate requests for auto-registration of the sender address; and

generating a message address based on the sender address and a reference address associated with an organization'"'"'s network domain, the message address for use by the messaging system when sending messages from a sender.

20. The system according to claim 12, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

processing the message to determine whether to initiate the auto-registration process for the sender address or a domain-registration process for the sender address.