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Enterprise electronic mail filtering and notification system

  • US 20030182383A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2003
  • Published: 09/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An enterprise electronic mail filtering and notification system, comprising:

  • (a) a web server connected to a computer network;

    (b) a database connected to the web server;

    (c) web page publishing means for publishing web pages and forms on the web server, the web pages and forms including;

    (i) means for registering at least one user'"'"'s e-mail address and e-mail account access data in the database;

    (ii) means for permitting the user to select criteria for filtering e-mail received by the user'"'"'s e-mail server, the criteria selected by the user being stored in the database; and

    (iii) means for permitting the user to select a notification message and notification medium upon receipt of priority e-mail received by the user'"'"'s e-mail server;

    (d) e-mail detection means for periodically polling the at least one user'"'"'s e-mail server for receipt of e-mail in an e-mail mailbox maintained for the user on the e-mail server;

    (e) filtering means for scanning e-mail received in the user'"'"'s e-mail mailbox using the user-selected criteria stored in the database and sorting the received e-mail for immediate notification of receipt, for storage, and for blocking; and

    (f) notification means for notifying the at least one user of e-mail filtered and sorted for immediate notification of receipt.

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