Method and system for conducting research on an electronic network
First Claim
1. A method of conducting research on an electronic network, which method includes a first method including the following steps:
- receiving a conventional e-mail request from a requester which e-mail is addressed to a specific electronic mailbox address assigned to specific electronic information, which e-mail further includes an electronic return address to which the electronic information is to be relayed to;
verifying whether or not the return address has previously been registered on a server so as to enable monitoring of information requested by a particular requester, and if not, the further step of registering the return address on a server;
retrieving the electronic information from an information server which information is assigned to the specific mailbox address to which the received e-mail was addressed;
electronically mailing the electronic information retrieved from the information server to the return address, so that the requester receives the information without having to search the network; and
compiling a profile of the requester which profile is related to the registered return address, the profile being compiled according to the electronic information mailed to the return address so that the profile is usable for market research purposes.
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This invention provides for a method 10 of automatically relaying website information by e-mail across an electronic network, which method 10 includes the steps of receiving 14 a conventional e-mail request from a requester which e-mail is addressed to a specific electronic mailbox address assigned to specific website information, and which e-mail includes an electronic return address to which the website information is to be relayed to. The method 10 then includes the step of retrieving 16 the website information from a web server which information is assigned to the specific mailbox address to which the received e-mail was addressed, and electronically mailing 18 the website information retrieved from the web server to the return address, so that the requester receives the website information without having to search the network. The Invention further provides for an associated system.
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1. A method of conducting research on an electronic network, which method includes a first method including the following steps:
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receiving a conventional e-mail request from a requester which e-mail is addressed to a specific electronic mailbox address assigned to specific electronic information, which e-mail further includes an electronic return address to which the electronic information is to be relayed to;
verifying whether or not the return address has previously been registered on a server so as to enable monitoring of information requested by a particular requester, and if not, the further step of registering the return address on a server;
retrieving the electronic information from an information server which information is assigned to the specific mailbox address to which the received e-mail was addressed;
electronically mailing the electronic information retrieved from the information server to the return address, so that the requester receives the information without having to search the network; and
compiling a profile of the requester which profile is related to the registered return address, the profile being compiled according to the electronic information mailed to the return address so that the profile is usable for market research purposes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for conducting research on an electronic network which system includes a first system for each of a plurality of different customers, which first system includes a conventional information server which hosts specific electronic information;
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a conventional e-mail server for receiving a conventional e-mail request from a requester which e-mail is addressed to a specific electronic mailbox address assigned to the specific electronic information and which e-mail further includes an electronic return address to which the electronic information is to be relayed to, wherein the e-mail server is arranged in communication with the information server to form a server arrangement which is configured to verify whether or not the return address has previously been registered on a server so as to enable monitoring of information requested by a particular requester, and if not, to register the return address on a server;
to retrieve the specific electronic information from the information server which is assigned to the specific mailbox address to Which the received e-mail was addressed;
to electronically mail the retrieved electronic information to the return address so that the requester receives the information without having to search the network; and
to compile a profile of the requester which profile is related to the registered return address, the profile being compiled according to the electronic information mailed to the return address so that the profile is usable for market research purposes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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