SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMAIL DELIVERY FOR SHARED DOMAIN NAME

• US 20050216567A1
• Filed: 06/24/2005
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Group Incorporated (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ruiz, Tim
• Granted Patent: US 8,706,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention allow for delivery of email messages to email addresses associated with the shared domain names. A Routing Mail Server may determine a network address or a geographical location of a Sender and forward email message to a Recipient associated with that network address or geographical location.

Claims

1. A shared domain name electronic mail system, comprising:

a) a Sender having an ability to send an email message,

b) a Recipient having an ability to receive said email message from said Sender if said email message was sent from a designated network address or a designated geographical location, and

c) a Routing Mail Server having an ability to determine a network address or a geographical location of said Sender and deliver said email message to said Recipient if said email message was sent from said designated network address or said designated geographical location.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said geographical location and/or said designated geographical location comprise latitude and longitude coordinates.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

d) a Database storing associations between geographical locations and network addresses.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

d) a Database storing associations between geographical locations and said Recipients.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

d) a Database storing associations between network addresses or blocks of network addresses and said Recipients.

6. A shared domain name electronic mail method, comprising the steps of:

a) determining a network address of a Sender of an email message, and

b) forwarding said email message to a Recipient associated with said network address.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein Steps a) and b) are performed by a Routing Mail Server.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising a step of:

c) prior to Step a), sending said email message.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising a step of:

c) determining said Recipient associated with said network address.

10. A shared domain name electronic mail method, comprising the steps of:

a) determining a geographical location of a Sender of an email message, and

b) forwarding said email message to a Recipient associated with said geographical location.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein Steps a) and b) are performed by a Routing Mail Server.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising a step of:

c) prior to Step a), sending said email message.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising a step of:

c) determining said Recipient associated with said geographical location.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein Step a) comprises the steps of:

c) determining a network address of said Sender, and

d) determining said geographical location of said Sender from said network address of said Sender.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein said geographical location comprises latitude and longitude coordinates.