System and method for controlling and organizing email

• US 7,822,819 B1
• Filed: 04/12/2006
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael P. Levosky
• Original Assignee: Michael P. Levosky
• Inventors: Levosky, Michael P
• Primary Examiner(s): Osman; Ramy Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US11/279,433
• Time in Patent Office: 1,658 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/203, 709/245, 707/200
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0421 Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer

Abstract

The current invention includes a client computer and an Email server 6, in which the client computer contains an Email client 12 having a physical Email address. A Client Control Program resides on the client computer. An Alias Email Server 100 communicates with the client over a network. The physical Email address is entered into the Client Control Program, with client identification information. The Alias Email Server 100 generates an alias Email address, which is returned to the user, and is stored in the Alias Email Server. The Alias Email Address is made available to third parties communicating with the client. The Email is intercepted by the Alias Email Server, and is either forwarded to the client, filtered, or blocked, under control of the client. A log of all transactions is available to the client.

Claims

1. A method for controlling and organizing email by a user, comprising the steps of:

a) registering a physical email address and a password with an alias server as a user account;

b) for each of n alias email addresses, where n is a positive integer;

i) requesting by user of the nth alias email address;

ii) generating and registering the nth alias email address by the alias server and transmitting it to the user;

iii) providing the nth alias email address to a website requesting it;

iv) transmitting by the website of a response email to the alias email server;

v) determining, by the alias email server, the physical email address from the user account registered on the alias server; and

vi) forwarding the response mail to the user, and further comprising, for each alias email address;

a) registering command information on the alias server, said command information comprising the following commands;

i) suspend;

ii) resume; and

iii) delete, and;

b) applying said commands to any and all response messages before transmitting said response message to the user, wherein;

iv) the suspend command prevents any transmission from the alias server to the user corresponding to said alias email address;

v) the resume command allows any subsequent transmission from the alias server to the user corresponding to said alias email address; and

vi) the delete command deletes the registration of said alias email address from the alias server, and further comprising, for each alias email address,

a) registering one or more text strings on the alias server;

b) including said text strings on each response message forwarded to the user by the alias server; and

c) removing by the alias server of each such text string from each transmission from the alias server to the requesting website.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising embedding some or all of said text messages strings in a header of said response message.