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Electronic message delivery with estimation approaches

  • US 20040260778A1
  • Filed: 11/18/2003
  • Published: 12/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

  • storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that a sender is willing to incur for a first message that is unwanted by the receiver;

    receiving a query about whether a sender of a first message satisfies specified sending criteria;

    determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria; and

    sending a second message specifying whether the sender of the first message satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.

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