Enforceable spam identification and reduction system, and method thereof
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1. An enforceable anti-spam email header field comprising:
- a field name; and
a field body corresponding to the field name, said field body comprising a mark.
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Abstract
A method for enforceably reducing spam comprises checking an email message for a specific mark and if the specific mark is present, tagging the email message as non-spam. The tagged email is displayed to a user of a local computer. The specific mark may be displayed with the tagged email. The mark is part of an enforceable anti-spam email header field comprising a field name and a field body. The field body comprises the mark which is used for identification or indication of ownership. The mark is legally reserved for the exclusive use of the owner of the mark. If the user identifies the tagged email as spam, the tagged email is sent to a remote enforcement computer.
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26 Claims
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1. An enforceable anti-spam email header field comprising:
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a field name; and
a field body corresponding to the field name, said field body comprising a mark. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An enforceable spam reduction computer implemented method, the method comprising:
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(a) providing an email message;
(b) checking the email message for a specific mark; and
(c) if the email message comprises the specific mark, tagging the email message as non-spam email. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to enforceably identify and reduce spam comprising:
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(a) receiving an email message comprising a header at a local computer;
(b) scanning the email message header for a specific mark;
(c) if the specific mark is present in the email header, tagging the email message as non-spam, and displaying the email message to a computer user; and
(d) if the computer user identifies the email message as spam, sending the email message to a remote enforcement computer. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for enforceably reducing spam email:
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means for receiving an email message comprising a header;
means for scanning the email message header for a specific mark;
means for tagging the email message as non-spam, and means for displaying the tagged email message to a computer user if the specific mark is present in the email message header; and
means for sending the email message to a remote enforcement computer if the computer user identifies the email message as spam. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instruction for enforceably identifying and reducing spam which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
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(a) scanning an email message for a specific mark;
(b) if the specific mark is present in the email message, tagging the email message as non-spam, and displaying the email message to a computer user; and
(c) if the computer user identifies the email message as spam, sending the email message to a remote enforcement computer. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A computer program product for enforceably determining if an email message comprising an email header is spam, the program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
scanning means stored on said computer readable medium for scanning the email for a specific mark;
tagging means stored on said computer readable medium for tagging the email message as non-spam if the specific mark is present;
displaying means stored on said computer readable medium for displaying the email message to a computer user if the email message is tagged as non-spam; and
sending means stored on said computer readable medium for sending the email to a remote enforcement computer if the computer user identifies the email message as spam. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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