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Tracking messages in a mentoring environment

  • US 8,510,388 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2006
  • Issued: 08/13/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for monitoring e-mail messages between an adult mentor and a juvenile proté



  • to ensure proper mentoring, the method comprising;

    presenting to a reviewer a computer-based activity tracking form that is populated with data from an underlying relational database, wherein the underlying relational database includes a content of e-mail messages addressed to an adult mentor from a juvenile proté

    gé and

    a content of e-mail messages addressed to a juvenile proté



    from the adult mentor, and wherein the underlying relational database includes a status of e-mail messages between the adult mentor and the juvenile proté



    as determined by an e-mail interceptor;

    displaying a status of an e-mail, between the adult mentor and the juvenile proté



    , which has been intercepted by the e-mail interceptor;

    in response to a displayed status indicating that the e-mail has not been reviewed by the reviewer, blocking transmission of the e-mail to an intended recipient;

    in response to the displayed status indicating that the e-mail has been reviewed by the reviewer, enabling transmission of the e-mail to the intended recipient;

    tracking a total number of e-mail messages transmitted between the adult mentor and the juvenile proté



    ;

    in response to the total number of e-mail messages exceeding a predetermined number, sending a warning message to an authority figure; and

    in response to the total number of e-mail messages being less than another predetermined number, sending the warning message to the authority figure, wherein the warning message describes a sender of the e-mail, the intended recipient of the e-mail, an e-mail address of the sender, and an e-mail address of the intended recipient, and wherein a display of a status of a specific e-mail message between the adult mentor and the juvenile proté



    is color-coded in a single displayed cell that is assigned for the specific e-mail message and identifies a sender of the specific e-mail message, where each single displayed cell has a color-coded background, and where a color-coded background of orange indicates that an e-mail message has been sent but not reviewed, green indicates that an e-mail message has been sent and reviewed, and red indicates that an e-mail message has been reviewed and blocked because of alarming content in the e-mail message.

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