SYSTEM FOR POLICING JUNK E-MAIL MESSAGES
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Abstract
A system for policying an unsolicited e-mail communication. The system has a plurality of clients, each coupled together using a wide area network of computers, such as the Internet or an interne. Each of the clients is adapted to send an indication of an unsolicited e-mail message through an e-mail device for a display. The system also has a policying server coupled to each of the plurality of clients through the wide area network of computers. The policying server is adapted to receive the indication from at least one of the clients. The e-mail device comprises an SPAM icon on the display. The SPAM icon is adapted to send the indication from the client to the policying server.
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64 Claims
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45. A method for a computer system for processing unwanted e-mail communications, wherein the computer system includes a processor and memory, and wherein the computer system is programmed to perform the method, the method comprising:
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sending, with the processor, to a web client device for display a plurality of e-mail graphical user interfaces including an e-mail subject line of an unwanted e-mail communication that is addressed to an e-mail address associated with a user of the web client device, and including a graphical icon independent of the unwanted e-mail communication; receiving, with the processor, from the web client device, an indication of a selection of the unwanted e-mail communication by the user and an indication of a selection of the graphical icon by the user; and in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the unwanted e-mail communication and the indication of the selection of the graphical icon on the display, the method further comprising automatically; initiating, with the processor, sending a request to a source associated with transmission of the unwanted e-mail communication to remove the e-mail address associated with the user of the client device from an e-mail distribution list; and deleting the unwanted e-mail communication from the e-mail in-box associated with the user of the client device with the processor. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method for a computer system for processing unwanted e-mail communications, wherein the computer system includes a processor and memory, and wherein the computer system is programmed to perform the method, the method comprising:
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determining, with the processor, indications of non-compliance with requests by recipients of unwanted email messages associated with an advertiser, that a source of the unwanted email messages inhibit sending subsequent email messages to the recipients; and reporting, with the processor, the indications of the non-compliance to a third party server. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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