Electronic Communication Relationship Management System And Methods For Using The Same
First Claim
1. A method performed by a validator computer system for facilitating electronic communications from a sender to an electronic message program associated with a recipient, the method comprising:
- registering the sender in the validator system;
registering the recipient in the validator system;
receiving approval from the recipient to designate the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system;
designating the approved sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system in response to said approval from the recipient; and
communicating with a message filter associated with the message program associated with the recipient to add the sender to an authorized sender list of the filter.
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Abstract
A method performed by a validator computer system for facilitating electronic communications from a sender to an electronic message program associated with a recipient. The method includes registering the sender in the validator system, registering the recipient in the validator system, and receiving approval from the recipient to designate the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system. The method further includes designating the approved sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system in response to the approval from the recipient and communicating with a message filter associated with the message program associated with the recipient to add the sender to an authorized sender list of the filter.
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29 Claims
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1. A method performed by a validator computer system for facilitating electronic communications from a sender to an electronic message program associated with a recipient, the method comprising:
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registering the sender in the validator system; registering the recipient in the validator system; receiving approval from the recipient to designate the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system; designating the approved sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system in response to said approval from the recipient; and communicating with a message filter associated with the message program associated with the recipient to add the sender to an authorized sender list of the filter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer system for ensuring electronic communications from a sender are received to an in-box of an electronic message program associated with a recipient, the computer system comprising:
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a processor running at least one program; a database connected to the processor for storing information received from the processor and releasing the stored information to the processor upon request of the processor; an input/output interface connected to the processor by way of an input/output data bus for connecting the processor to a wide area network; a memory connected to said processor; and an e-mail validation program stored in said non-volatile memory and ran by the processor wherein the processor running the program; connects to the wide area network via said input/output interface; requests and receives registration information from a sender via the wide area network; stores the registration information received from the sender in the database; requests and receives registration information from a recipient over the wide area network; stores the registration information received from the recipient in the database; receives approval from the recipient to designate the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the computer system over the wide area network; designates the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the database in response to said approval from the recipient; and communicates with a message filter associated with the message program associated with the recipient to add the sender to an authorized sender list in the filter.
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27. A communication system for ensuring electronic communications from a sender are received to an in-box of an electronic message program associated a recipient, the communication system comprising:
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a wide area network; a sender computer operatively connected to the wide area network; a recipient computer operatively connected to the wide area network; an electronic message program associated with the sender computer; an electronic message filter associated with the electronic message program; and a validating computer connected to the wide area network and including; a processor running at least one program; a database connected to the processor; and an e-mail validation program stored in said non-volatile memory and ran by the processor wherein the processor running the program; connects to the wide area network via said input/output interface; requests and receives registration information from a sender via the wide area network; stores the registration information received from the sender in the database; requests and receives registration information from a recipient over the wide area network; stores the registration information received from the recipient in the database; receives approval from the recipient to designate the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validating computer over the wide area network; designates the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the database in response to said approval from the recipient; and communicates with a message filter associated with the message program associated with the recipient to add the sender to an authorized sender list in the filter.
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28. A method performed by a validator computer system for facilitating electronic communications from a sender to an electronic message program associated with a recipient, the method comprising:
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communicating with the electronic message program associated with the recipient to procure configuration information regarding the filter for facilitating communications between the validator system and the filter and to enable all electronic messages from the validator system to pass to whom the validator is sending the electronic messages; registering the sender in the validator system; registering the recipient in the validator system; forming an alias e-mail address having a domain name of the validator system associated with a recipient having an actual e-mail address and storing the alias e-mail address and actual e-mail address and linking the addresses in a database of the validator system; receiving approval from the recipient to designate the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system; receiving an electronic message from a transmitter to the alias address of the recipient; ensuring that the transmitter of the electronic message to the alias address associated with the recipient has been approved by the recipient an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system; and forwarding the electronic message to the recipient if the transmitter of the message has been approved by the recipient as authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system.
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29. A computer-readable medium product having computer program logic embodied therein for facilitating electronic communications from a sender to an electronic message program associated with a recipient, the computer program logic stored on the computer-readable medium to perform a method comprising:
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registering the sender in the validator system; registering the recipient in the validator system; receiving approval from the recipient to designate the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system; designating the approved sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system in response to said approval from the recipient; and communicating with a message filter associated with the message program associated with the recipient to add the sender to an authorized sender list of the filter.
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