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Community messaging lists for authorization to deliver electronic messages

  • US 20050138430A1
  • Filed: 12/20/2004
  • Published: 06/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computerized environment that includes an electronic messaging service, a group member, and one or more group lists associated with the group member, a method of relaying a group message between a subscriber and one or more group members in the one or more group lists without the subscriber having to separately join the one or more group lists, the method comprising the acts of:

  • identifying a group list and one or more group members of the group list;

    sending a trust indicator by a subscriber to one of the one or more group members;

    sending a trust acceptance indicator by the one group member to the subscriber, wherein the trust acceptance indicator indicates that the one group member has accepted the trust indicator, such that the subscriber can receive group messages sent to the identified group list; and

    the subscriber receiving a group message sent by any of the one or more group members to the group list.

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