Forwarding electronic mail and messages to internet destinations linked with pre-existing unique identifier

• US 20010047391A1
• Filed: 03/23/2001
• Published: 11/29/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kehyeh Szutu
• Original Assignee: Kehyeh Szutu
• Inventors: Szutu, Kehyeh
• Application Number:
  US09/815,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20010047391A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]

Abstract

The present invention discloses network system. The network system includes a unified access management center comprises a database for storing paired data for linking a network-independent preexisting-unique identifier to an e-mail forwarding address. In a preferred embodiment, the unified access management center further comprises an incoming e-mail processor for processing an incoming e-mail address comprises information related to the network-independent preexisting-unique identifier for searching the database for providing the forwarding e-mail address stored in the database. In a preferred embodiment, the unified access management center further comprises a unified access registration processor for receiving a registration request comprises a network-independent preexisting-unique identifier and an associated forwarding e-mail address for storing in the database.

Claims

1. A method for sending an e-mail from a sending Internet user to a receiving Internet user comprising:

a) said sending Internet user sending an e-mail to a control Web site designating an e-mail destination address represented by an Internet-independent unique identifier related to said receiving Internet user; and

b) said control Web site searches a database to find an e-mail forwarding address corresponding to said Internet-independent unique identifier for forwarding said e-mail to said receiving Internet user.

2. The method of

claim 1

wherein:

said step a) of said sending Internet user sending an e-mail to said control Web site is a step a1) of said sending Internet user sending said e-mail designating said user-input Internet-independent unique identifier as said e-mail destination address at an Internet domain name of said control Web site (e-MailDestination@DomainName).

3. The method of

claim 1

wherein:

said step b) further comprising a step b1) of said control Web site converting said e-mail destination address to a normalized e-mail destination address as said Internet-Independent unique identifier for said control Web site to search a database to find an e-mail forwarding address for forwarding said e-mail to said receiving Internet user.

4. The method of

claim 1

wherein:

said step a) of said sending Internet user designating an e-mail destination address represented by an Internet-independent unique identifier is a step a2) of said sending Internet user designating a telephone number of said receiving Internet user as said e-mail destination address.

5. The method of

claim 4

wherein:

said step a2) of said sending Internet user designating a telephone number of said receiving Internet user as said e-mail destination address is a step a3) of designating said telephone number as an e-mail destination address at an Internet domain name of said control Web site (e-MailDestination@DomainName).

6. The method of

claim 1

wherein:

said step a) of said sending Internet user designating an e-mail destination address represented by an Internet-independent unique identifier is a step a4) of said sending Internet user designating said user-input Internet-independent unique identifier as an advertisement identifier number of said receiving Internet user.

7. The method of

claim 6

wherein:

said step a4) of said sending Internet user designating said user-input Internet-independent unique identifier as an advertisement identifier number of said receiving Internet user is a step a5) of designating said advertisement identifier number as an e-mail destination address at an Internet domain name of said receiving Internet user.

8. The method of

claim 1

wherein:

said step a) of said sending Internet user designating an e-mail destination address represented by an Internet-independent unique identifier related to said receiving Internet user is a step a6) of said sending Internet user designating a branch location name of said receiving Internet user as said user-input Internet-independent unique identifier.

9. The method of

claim 8

wherein:

said step a6) of said sending Internet user designating a branch location name of said receiving Internet user as said user-input Internet-independent unique identifier is a step a7) of designation said branch location name as an e-mail destination address at an Internet domain name of said control Web site.

10. A network system comprising:

a unified access management center comprising a database for storing paired data for linking a network-independent preexisting-unique identifier to an e-mail forwarding address.

11. The network system of

claim 10

wherein:

said unified access management center further comprising an incoming e-mail processor for processing an incoming e-mail designating an e-mail destination address related to said network-independent preexisting-unique identifier for searching said database for providing an e-mail forwarding address stored in said database.

12. The network system of

claim 10

wherein:

said unified access management center further comprising a unified access registration processor for receiving a registration request comprising a network-independent preexisting-unique identifier and an associated e-mail forwarding address for storing in said database.

13. The network system of

claim 11

wherein:

said network-resource request-input processor further comprising an e-mail destination address normalizing means for normalizing and converting an e-mail destination address into a normalized e-mail destination address.

14. The network system of

claim 11

wherein:

said network-resource request-input processor further comprising an e-mail destination address processing means for receiving and processing an incoming e-mail directing to an e-mail destination address at an Internet domain name of said unified access management center.

15. The network system of

claim 10

further comprising:

an e-mail forwarding means for forwarding said e-mail to said e-mail forwarding address retrieved from said database.

16. A network system comprising:

a unified access management center provided with an interactive database for enabling an Internet user to edit an unique linking pointer for linking a unified access code to an e-mail address of said Internet user.