System and method for sorting electronic communications
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1. A method of processing an electronic communication, comprising:
- receiving at a computer the electronic communication addressed to a recipient;
identifying at the computer that the electronic communication has a recipient defined purpose code, a party registration code and a media device code associated with the electronic communication;
detecting whether the recipient defined purpose code of the electronic communication identifies one of a particular product for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications and a particular service for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications;
determining whether the media device code corresponds to a media device authorized to receive the electronic communication associated with the recipient defined purpose code;
designating the electronic communication for presentation on the media device, irrespective of the party registration code, in response to determining that the media device is authorized to receive the electronic communication and in response to detecting that the recipient defined purpose code of the electronic communication identifies one of a particular product for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications and a particular service for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications; and
presenting the electronic communication to the recipient on the media device in response to designating the electronic communication for presentation on the media device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for intelligently sorting electronic communications, such as electronic advertisements, directed to a media device are disclosed. Prior to presenting the electronic advertisements to the user, the electronic advertisement is filtered into classifications based upon whether the electronic advertisement is from a commercial vendor from whom the user has indicated that he or she wishes to accept commercial electronic advertisements. The user is then presented at the media device with only the electronic advertisements that he or she had indicated were to be accepted.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of processing an electronic communication, comprising:
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receiving at a computer the electronic communication addressed to a recipient; identifying at the computer that the electronic communication has a recipient defined purpose code, a party registration code and a media device code associated with the electronic communication; detecting whether the recipient defined purpose code of the electronic communication identifies one of a particular product for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications and a particular service for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications; determining whether the media device code corresponds to a media device authorized to receive the electronic communication associated with the recipient defined purpose code; designating the electronic communication for presentation on the media device, irrespective of the party registration code, in response to determining that the media device is authorized to receive the electronic communication and in response to detecting that the recipient defined purpose code of the electronic communication identifies one of a particular product for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications and a particular service for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications; and presenting the electronic communication to the recipient on the media device in response to designating the electronic communication for presentation on the media device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium with computer-executable instructions stored thereon for:
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receiving an electronic communication addressed to a recipient; identifying that the electronic communication has a recipient defined purpose code, a party registration code and a media device code associated with the electronic communication; detecting whether the recipient defined purpose code of the electronic communication is associated with a media device of the recipient and identifies one of a particular product for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications and a particular service for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications; determining whether the media device code corresponds to a media device authorized to receive the electronic communication associated with the recipient defined purpose code; designating the electronic communication for presentation on the media device, irrespective of the party registration code, in response to determining that the media device is authorized to receive the electronic communication and in response to detecting that the recipient defined purpose code of the electronic communication identifies one of a particular product for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications and a particular service for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications; and presenting the electronic communication to the recipient on the media device in response to designating the electronic communication for presentation on the media device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of processing electronic communications, comprising:
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maintaining a database at a computer identifying characteristics of authorized electronic communications, the characteristics having been previously created by a recipient of the authorized electronic communications; receiving at the computer an electronic communication addressed to the recipient; identifying at the computer that the electronic communication has a recipient defined purpose code, a party registration code and a media device code associated with the electronic communication; querying the database to determine whether the electronic communication has characteristics of authorized electronic communications including whether the recipient defined purpose code is associated with a media device of the recipient and identifies one of a particular product for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications and a particular service for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications; designating the electronic communication for presentation on the media device, irrespective of the party registration code, in response to determining that the media device is authorized to receive the electronic communication and in response to detecting that the recipient defined purpose code of the electronic communication identifies one of a particular product for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications and a particular service for which the recipient has authorized delivery of related electronic communications; and presenting the electronic communication with other electronic communications that have characteristics of authorized electronic communications to the recipient on the media device in response to designating the electronic communication for presentation. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for processing electronic communications comprising a processor and memory, comprising:
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a computer-readable database comprising data identifying a recipient defined purpose code that is authorized for delivery of an electronic communications to a media device of a user, the recipient defined purpose code identifying one of a particular product and a particular service; and a software server adapted to receive an electronic communication at a computer and to access the database to determine whether the electronic communication comprises a recipient defined purpose code that is authorized for delivery to the media device of the user, irrespective of the sender of the electronic communication, the recipient defined purpose code identifying one of the particular product for which the recipient has authorized for delivery of related electronic communications and the particular service for which the recipient has authorized for delivery of related electronic communications. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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