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Enhanced telephone service system with secure system and method for E-mail address registration

  • US 6,353,852 B1
  • Filed: 01/27/1999
  • Issued: 03/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for registering E-mail addresses for subscribers having access to a service platform comprising:

  • a telephone call manager configured to receive telephone calls at the service platform and to process E-mail address registration requests by subscribers, the telephone call manager upon receiving a telephone call, and during the telephone call receiving a first E-mail registration request from one of the subscribers, providing the subscriber with a unique identifier and storing a copy of the unique identifier;

    wherein the first E-mail registration request solicits issuance of the unique identifier to enable the subscriber to subsequently register a particular E-mail address not identified in the first E-mail registration request; and

    an E-mail manager configured to receive and process an E-mail message sent to a first E-mail address, the received Email message including a second E-mail registration request to register a second E-mail address, the received E-mail message including the unique identifier;

    the E-mail manager, upon receipt of the E-mail message, comparing the unique identifier with the copy of the unique identifier stored by the telephone call manager, and registering the second E-mail address only if the unique identifier and the copy of the unique identifier correspond.

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