Protection from undesirable messages

• US 20070083637A1
• Filed: 10/21/2004
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 1& 1 Internet AG (United Internet AG)
• Original Assignee: 1& 1 Internet AG (United Internet AG)
• Inventors: Greve, Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/576,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20070083637A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A method and system for monitoring messages addressed to a first receiver (E1), comprising a first receiver (E1) which contains a first undesirable receiver device (UNE) and which prevents a user of the first receiver (E1) from accessing the undesirable receiver (UNE), wherein a message category is defined as undesirable, and messages which are to be prevented from being made available to a user of the first receiver (E1) a re indicated. Verification occurs as to whether a message (M) addressed to the first receiver (E1) falls into the undesirable category. If the message (M) falls into the undesirable category, it is assigned to the undesirable receiver device (UNE). The first receiver (E1) is configured in such a way that the undesirable receiver (UNE) can only be accessed by a second receiver (E2). The first receiver (E1) is, f or example, an e-mail account of a child and the second receiver E2) is the e-mail account of an adult who can prevent the child from accessing undesirable messages, particularly Spam.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. Method of monitoring messages addressed to a first receiver (E1) in which the first receiver (E1) is a first set-up user account in a communications service and is set up such that it has an “

undesirable”

receiving device (UNE),

the first receiver (E1) is set up such that access by a user of the first receiver (E1) to the “

undesirable”

receiving device (UNE) is prevented,

an “

undesirable”

message category is defined which indicates messages which are to be prevented from being delivered to a user of the first receiver (E1),

it is checked whether a message (M) addressed to the first receiver (E1) falls into the “

undesirable”

message category,

the message (M) is allocated to the “

undesirable”

receiving device (UNE) if the message (M) falls into the “

undesirable”

message category, and

the first receiver (E1) is set up such that the “

undesirable”

receiving device (UNE) can only be accessed by a second receiver (E2), which is a second set-up user account in the communications service.