SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRANTING DEPOSIT-CONTINGENT E-MAILING RIGHTS

• US 20110208653A1
• Filed: 04/29/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Buyerleverage Email Solutions LLC
• Original Assignee: Buyerleverage Email Solutions LLC
• Inventors: LANDESMANN, Mark
• Application Number:
  US13/097,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20110208653A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/44
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

An Email guarantee deposit method, system, and program product, with the method comprising in one embodiment, the steps of: receiving from a sender a request to send to a recipient an Email; receiving a deposit or an authorization to obtain a deposit of something of value; sending the Email to the recipient only if a deposit of authorization for a deposit is received; determining if the recipient has accepted the deposit; and if the recipient has accepted the deposit, then facilitating the disposal of the deposit. In an important alternate embodiment, a deposit can be required before an Email with a auditory or visual enhancement is provided, or before routing to a designated type of device occurs.

Claims

1. A network communication opt-in request method for operating a system, comprising:

receiving by the system from an opt-in requester a request to send to a recipient an opt-in request including text associated with the opt-in request, wherein the opt-in request is a request to grant mailing rights to send subsequent network communications to the recipient;

receiving by the system a payment or a payment promise associated with the opt-in request from or on behalf of the opt-in requester, or verification that a payment or payment promise has been made by or on behalf of the opt-in requester;

evaluating by the system whether or not the following requirements are met;

whether the payment or payment promise meets or exceeds a threshold value requirement and whether or not the text meets or is less than a maximum text size requirement;

sending or sending in a particular manner the opt-in request to an inbox of the recipient depending at least in part on whether or not both requirements are met;

evaluating information generated after receipt of the opt-in request by the recipient inbox, the information consistent with a decision by the recipient to approve or not to approve the opt-in request, said decision having been made subsequent to the receipt of the opt-in request by the recipient inbox; and

communicating said approval or non-approval to the opt-in requester.