Email compliance systems and methods
First Claim
1. An advertisement email compliance method comprising:
- receiving a first electronic request from a first user device for a first advertisement content, the advertisement content corresponding to a first session uniform resource locator (URL);
assigning a first session identifier to the user device, the session identifier identifying a session initiated by the first electronic request;
storing first digital data in a server log, the first digital data comprising the first session URL from the first electronic request and the first session identifier;
generating a first email address containing a first email identifier and associating the first email identifier with the first session identifier in the server log; and
presenting the user device with compliance test content instead of the requested first advertisement content, the compliance test content including a presentation of the generated first email address and instructions to forward an email message containing the first session URL to the generated first email address.
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Abstract
Online advertisers may demand compliance with certain standards for the content of emails and other digital content with which its advertisements may be associated. Emails may contain control objects directing users to a web page showing content related to oil change coupons. However, in some systems, methods, and processes, a small variable proportion of users may instead be directed to a different sequence of pages to conduct a compliance check on the contents of the email received by the user. The compliance check sequence of pages may offer the user an incentive to forward the email to a specified email address for subsequent compliance review. Delivery of an incentive may be conditioned on successful receipt of the forwarded email.
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26 Claims
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1. An advertisement email compliance method comprising:
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receiving a first electronic request from a first user device for a first advertisement content, the advertisement content corresponding to a first session uniform resource locator (URL); assigning a first session identifier to the user device, the session identifier identifying a session initiated by the first electronic request; storing first digital data in a server log, the first digital data comprising the first session URL from the first electronic request and the first session identifier; generating a first email address containing a first email identifier and associating the first email identifier with the first session identifier in the server log; and presenting the user device with compliance test content instead of the requested first advertisement content, the compliance test content including a presentation of the generated first email address and instructions to forward an email message containing the first session URL to the generated first email address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of verifying a compliance email, comprising:
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receiving a first email message; obtaining, from the first email message, a generated email address to which the email message was sent; obtaining a first session identifier from a portion of the generated email address in a header of the received compliance email message; using the first session identifier to retrieve a session uniform resource locator (URL) from a server log; searching the received first email message for a string matching the session URL; and based on identifying a string matching the session URL in the received first email message, forwarding the first received email message to a compliance evaluation email address. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An email compliance testing system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one data storage device with a plurality of storage sections; a first storage section of the at least one data storage device having email compliance testing process instructions stored therein, wherein the email compliance testing process instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to; receive a first electronic request from a first user device for a first advertisement content, the advertisement content corresponding to a first session URL; assign a first session identifier to the user device, the session identifier identifying a session initiated by the first electronic request; store first digital data in a server log, the first digital data comprising a first session uniform resource locator (URL) from the first electronic request and the first session identifier; generate a first email address containing a first email identifier and associate the first email identifier with the first session identifier; present the user device with compliance test content instead of the requested first advertisement content, the compliance test content including a presentation of the generated first email address. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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