Limited-life electronic mail account as intermediary
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method comprising:
- determining, by using one or more processing components, that a limited-use electronic mail account has received at least one item of electronic mail;
forwarding, by using one or more processing components, the at least one item of electronic mail from the limited-use electronic mail account to at least one secondary electronic mail account in accordance with at least one disposition command;
setting, by using one or more processing components, a pre-specified value corresponding to a minimum number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account in which the limited-use electronic mail account will be disabled;
determining, by the one or more processing components, a number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account reached or exceeded the pre-specified value, the determining a) based on the forwarding of the at least one item of electronic mail from the limited-use electronic mail account to at least one secondary electronic mail account or b) based on accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account;
based on the determining that the number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account reached or exceeded the pre-specified value, disabling the limited-use electronic mail account; and
implementing at least partially using at least one of hardware or firmware at least one of the a) determining that the limited-use electronic mail account has received at least one item of electronic mail, b) forwarding the at least one item of electronic mail, c) setting the pre-specified value, d) determining the number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account reached or exceeded the pre-specified value, or e) disabling the limited-use electronic mail account.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In one aspect, a method includes but is not limited to detecting that a limited-use electronic mail account user has accessed a limited-use electronic mail account; accepting an input commanding the disposition of the item of electronic mail received by the limited-use electronic mail account; and disabling further use of the limited-use electronic mail account. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.
-
Citations
9 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
determining, by using one or more processing components, that a limited-use electronic mail account has received at least one item of electronic mail; forwarding, by using one or more processing components, the at least one item of electronic mail from the limited-use electronic mail account to at least one secondary electronic mail account in accordance with at least one disposition command; setting, by using one or more processing components, a pre-specified value corresponding to a minimum number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account in which the limited-use electronic mail account will be disabled; determining, by the one or more processing components, a number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account reached or exceeded the pre-specified value, the determining a) based on the forwarding of the at least one item of electronic mail from the limited-use electronic mail account to at least one secondary electronic mail account or b) based on accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account; based on the determining that the number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account reached or exceeded the pre-specified value, disabling the limited-use electronic mail account; and implementing at least partially using at least one of hardware or firmware at least one of the a) determining that the limited-use electronic mail account has received at least one item of electronic mail, b) forwarding the at least one item of electronic mail, c) setting the pre-specified value, d) determining the number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account reached or exceeded the pre-specified value, or e) disabling the limited-use electronic mail account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. One or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising one or more stored instructions, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
-
determining that a limited-use electronic mail account has received at least one item of electronic mail; forwarding the at least one item of electronic mail from the limited-use electronic mail account to at least one secondary electronic mail account in accordance with at least one disposition command; setting a pre-specified value corresponding to a minimum number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account in which the limited-use electronic mail account will be disabled; determining a number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account reached or exceeded the pre-specified value, the determining a) based on the forwarding of the at least one item of electronic mail from the limited-use electronic mail account to at least one secondary electronic mail account or b) based on accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account; and based on the determining that the number of accesses to the limited-use electronic mail account reached or exceeded the pre-specified value, disabling the limited-use electronic mail account.
-
Specification