Email management system and method
First Claim
1. A series of program steps to intercept and reroute emails which were addressed to an old address and to thereby transmit such emails to a new address, said steps comprising:
- a) storing information about old an email address;
b) storing information about a new email address which is to receive email intended for the old email address;
c) separately storing in a buffer memory and analyzing email addressed to the old email address; and
d) rerouting the email to the new email address.
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Abstract
A method for intercepting and forwarding email messages in transit from one email address to another email address as specified by a user, who owns accounts at both the old and new email addresses. The method includes specifying the old and the new email addresses; logging the old and new email addresses into a computer database; intercepting email addressed to specific unique identifier TCP/IP address; locating unique identifier in the computer database for the old email address and unique identifier for the new email address; and rerouting the email from the old email address to the new email address.
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14 Claims
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1. A series of program steps to intercept and reroute emails which were addressed to an old address and to thereby transmit such emails to a new address, said steps comprising:
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a) storing information about old an email address;
b) storing information about a new email address which is to receive email intended for the old email address;
c) separately storing in a buffer memory and analyzing email addressed to the old email address; and
d) rerouting the email to the new email address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of intercepting, rerouting and forwarding email messages in transit from one from one email address to another email address comprising the steps of:
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a) specifying the old and the new email addresses;
b) logging said old and new email addresses into a computer database;
c) intercepting email addressed to specific unique identifier TCP/IP address;
d) locating a unique identifier in said computer database for said old email address and unique identifier for said new email address; and
e) rerouting email from said old email address to said new email address. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A series of program steps to intercept and reroute emails addressed to an old address to transmit such email to a new address, said steps comprising:
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a) storing information about an old email address;
b) storing information about a new email address which is to receive email intended for the old email address;
c) correcting the old and new email addresses into TCP/IP addresses;
d) monitoring all old email addresses at a server for the recipient of the old and new email addresses;
e) separately storing in a buffer memory and analyzing email addressed to the old email address;
f) establishing a database of the TCP/IP addresses and determining if a found TCP/IP for an email is in the database;
g) determining if TCP/IP code for old email addresses corresponds to a TCP/IP code of the new email addresses;
h) determining if the email should be forwarded; and
i) rerouting the email to the new email address if it is to be forwarded. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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