Spam prevention

• US 20050097179A1
• Filed: 09/16/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gregory Michael Orme
• Original Assignee: Gregory Michael Orme
• Inventors: Orme, Gregory Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/941,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20050097179A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

Multiple inventions are included. Also users of an email system are limited in ways including to be able to send only a certain number of emails per day. This can ensure for example that if they spam the system they can be suspended before they can send an economically worthwhile amount of spam.

Claims

1. A data control system in which unauthorized messages are restricted.

2. A message control system according to claim 1 where the messages are emails, the user is limited to a predetermined number of emails in a predetermined time period.

3. A message control system according to claim 2 where the user'"'"'s email contains an identifier from the system to distinguish it from other email.

4. A message control system according to claim 3 where email without the identifier is separated from email with the identifier.

5. A message control system according to claim 4 where the user logs into a server with a username and password.

6. A message control system according to claim 5 in which people can be allowed entry to the system to use a predetermined number of emails in a time period with acceptable credentials.

7. A message control system according to claim 6 in which user behavior can be guaranteed by a third party, and who will pay a penalty if the user abuses the system.

8. A message control system according to claim 7 in which people may be allowed to message the system in ways highly restricted in content to exclude spam being sent.

9. A message control system according to claim 8 in which administrators may validate people wanting to use the system for a limited number of emails in a time period by:

(a) Conversing with the person over a message system to ensure they are not spammers.

(b) Requiring the person to undergo tests to prove they are not computers.

(c) Requiring the person to reply to a message.

10. A data control system in which hashes are made of authorized identifiers and displayed in a repository.

11. A data control system according to claim 10 in which a user receives or sends data which can be hashed and compared with the hash in the repository.

12. A data control system according to claim 11 in which if the hash created by the sender or receiver matches the hash in the repository the data is accepted.

13. A data control system according to claim 12 in which the data hashed includes emails, sender addresses, files, messages, programs, code, and identifiers.

14. A data control system according to claim 13 in which users may display hashes of their data and identifiers so a receiver of data can make a second hash of the data and compare the second hash with the first displayed hash of the user.

15. A data control system in which a computer connects to a proxy server that takes the computer'"'"'s DNS request for IP addresses and returns a dummy identifier to them.

16. A data control system according to claim 15 in which a computer contacts the proxy server with the dummy identifier to receive data from that address, and the proxy server, gets the data from the real IP address, and sends the data to the computer stripped of identifiers of where the data is coming from outside the proxy server.

17. A data control system according to claim 16 in which the proxy server has a limited ability to interpret code outside of its function of supplying a dummy IP address and routing data to the computer.