Systems and methods for automatically updating electronic mail access lists
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1. A method for permitting the sending of electronic mail (email), comprising:
- under control of a sender;
accepting a recipient identifier;
providing sender information along with a petition provider identifier to a recipient;
under control of the recipient;
providing the sender information to a petition provider identified by the petition provider identifier;
accepting a petition from the petition provider;
determining whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information; and
wherein if the petition is acceptable, the sender is permitted to send email to the recipient.
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Abstract
A system and method for accepting a recipient identifier, wherein the recipient identifier can be used to identify an electronic mail (email) recipient; generating a petition based on the recipient identifier and at least one petition rule, wherein the at least one petition rule includes at least one of: 1) a sender identification method; and 2) a recipient; and wherein the petition can be used by a email provider to allow a recipient to receive email from a sender.
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65 Claims
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1. A method for permitting the sending of electronic mail (email), comprising:
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under control of a sender;
accepting a recipient identifier;
providing sender information along with a petition provider identifier to a recipient;
under control of the recipient;
providing the sender information to a petition provider identified by the petition provider identifier;
accepting a petition from the petition provider;
determining whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information; and
wherein if the petition is acceptable, the sender is permitted to send email to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for permitting the sending of electronic mail (email), comprising:
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under control of a sender;
accepting a recipient identifier;
generating a petition wherein said generation is based on the evaluation of at least one rule that determines the format of the petition based on the recipient identifier;
providing the petition to a recipient;
under control of the recipient;
accepting the petition;
determining whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information; and
wherein if the petition is acceptable, the sender is permitted to send email to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for permitting a sender to provide electronic mail (email) to a recipient, said method comprising:
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providing a recipient email address to the sender;
providing a petition to the recipient, wherein the petition includes a sender identity verification method;
determining whether the petition is acceptable based on authorization credentials and at least one of;
1) the sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information;
adding the sender to an email access list if the petition and the authorization credentials are acceptable; and
wherein the email access list is used to determine whether or not email from the sender is permitted to reach the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system comprising:
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a means for providing a recipient email address to the sender;
a means for providing a petition to the recipient, wherein the petition includes a sender identity verification method;
a means for determining whether the petition is acceptable based on authorization credentials and at least one of;
1) the sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information;
a means for adding the sender to an email access list if the petition and the authorization credentials are acceptable; and
wherein the email access list is used to determine whether or not email from the sender is permitted to reach the recipient.
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50. A system for permitting the sending of electronic mail (email), comprising:
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a sender component operable to accept a recipient identifier and generate sender information, wherein the sender information can be used to generate a petition;
a petition provider component operable to generate a petition based on the sender information and at least one rule; and
wherein the petition includes a sender identity verification method which can be used to verify the identity of the sender. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause a system to:
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accept a recipient identifier;
provide a petition to a recipient wherein the recipient corresponds to the recipient identifier and wherein the petition is based on the evaluation of at least one rule;
determine whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information; and
wherein if the request is acceptable, the sender is permitted to send email to the recipient.
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61. A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:
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a code segment including instructions to accept a recipient identifier;
a code segment including instructions to provide a petition to a recipient wherein the recipient corresponds to the recipient identifier and wherein the petition is based on the evaluation of at least one rule;
a code segment including instructions to determine whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information; and
wherein if the request is acceptable, the sender is permitted to send email to the recipient.
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62. A method comprising:
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accepting a recipient identifier, wherein the recipient identifier can be used to identify an electronic mail (email) recipient;
generating a petition based on the recipient identifier and at least one petition rule, wherein the at least one petition rule includes at least one of;
1) a sender identification method; and
2) a recipient; and
wherein the petition can be used by a email provider to allow a recipient to receive email from a sender. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65)
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