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System and method for identifying users in a distributed network

  • US 20020099779A1
  • Filed: 03/21/2002
  • Published: 07/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of maintaining a user identification database that indicates when users are in communication with a network, the method comprising the acts of:

  • associating in a computer accessible storage medium electronic mail addresses, processor-embedded identifiers and status information;

    receiving a first electronic message from a first computer, the first electronic message containing an electronic mail address and a copy of the processor-embedded identifier existing in the first computer;

    using the first electronic mail address to access the corresponding processor-embedded identifier stored in the storage medium;

    comparing the processor-embedded identifier from the first computer with the processor-embedded identifiers of the storage medium; and

    modifying the status information in the storage medium to indicate that the first electronic mail address is authentic when the processor-embedded identifier from the first computer matches a processor-embedded identifier of storage medium.

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