System and method for email screening
First Claim
1. An email screening system comprising:
- a recipient computer connected to a network;
an email screening server connected to the recipient computer over the network;
a sender computer;
connected to the recipient computer and the email screening computer over the network;
wherein said recipient computer further comprises software instructions for forwarding all email messages received to the email screening server; and
wherein the email screening server further comprises software instructions for screening the email for viruses and notifying the sender computer that the email will be forwarded to the recipient computer for a fee.
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Abstract
A system and method for e-mail screening to prevent the spread of viruses and to compensate users for viewing unsolicited e-mails. Users have all incoming e-mails redirected to a e-mail screening site. When the user registers with the server of the present invention, the user designates a password to the screening site and inform email senders of the password. When email comes to the user, it is redirected to the server site. IF a password is present in the e-mail it is sent directly back to the user. If there is no password present, the email is scanned and the sender is notified that, for a fee, the email can be forwarded to the user. If the sender pays the fee to the server site, the scanned email is forwarded and the fee is then shared with the user.
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15 Claims
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1. An email screening system comprising:
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a recipient computer connected to a network; an email screening server connected to the recipient computer over the network; a sender computer;
connected to the recipient computer and the email screening computer over the network;wherein said recipient computer further comprises software instructions for forwarding all email messages received to the email screening server; and wherein the email screening server further comprises software instructions for screening the email for viruses and notifying the sender computer that the email will be forwarded to the recipient computer for a fee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for detecting viruses in email and administrating email for a recipient comprising:
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an email screening server connected to a network assigning a password to an email recipient connected to the network; software on a recipient computer rerouting email received by the email recipient computer to the email screening server over the network; screening the email by the email screening server for viruses; forwarding screened email to a recipient computer if the email possess a recipient password; and holding email at the email screening server when the email is without the recipient password. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of virus screening of email comprising:
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a recipient computer re-routing received email from the recipient computer to a screening server over a network; the screening server scanning the email for a virus; the screening server notifying the sender computer of the email that the scanned email will be sent to the recipient computer for a fee; the screening server sending the scanned email to the recipient computer over the network if the fee is paid; and sharing the fee with a recipient associated with the recipient computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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