Demand Based Messaging

Demand Based Messaging patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

10/19/06 - 20060235931 - System for two-way exchange of personal data over mobile telephone networks
A system for two-way exchange of personal data over mobile telephone networks is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a mobile telephone running a Mobile Translator Program, a Wireless Transport Gateway embodying a Wireless Transport Protocol and connected to an Application Server, said Application Server including a Data Repository, ...

10/19/06 - 20060235930 - Method to counter junk e-mail by limiting validity of e-mail addresses
A restrictive e-mail system restricts the receiving of junk e-mail by limiting the validity of an e-mail address that can be used at a firewall. An arbitrary e-mail address is allocated for the e-mail directed to each recipient which is unknown to the firewall. A validity stamp is attached to ...

10/19/06 - 20060235929 - Electronic message notification
A technique that allows a recipient of an electronic message to be notified that the electronic message has been received for the recipient. A notification message containing an address of the recipient is used to notify an intelligent gateway in a communications network that an electronic message has been received ...

10/12/06 - 20060230116 - Electronic messaging backup catalog
Within an electronic messaging system, a method of backing up data can include storing attributes for a plurality of message attachments exchanged through the electronic messaging system. Responsive to a request for a message attachment from a requestor, the request can be compared with attributes of the plurality of message ...

10/12/06 - 20060230115 - System and method for automatically populating appointment fields
A system and method for automatically populating appointment fields of an appointment template. A messaging client provides a message having message data associated with one or more fields. A field populator automatically transfers the message data associated with the one or more fields to an appropriate field of an appointment ...

10/12/06 - 20060230114 - Updating unread email messages
A method for a system to reply to a user email message includes receiving a user email message from a user email address that comprises particularized subject matter. The system creates a first response message that is responsive to the particularized subject matter and creates a second response message that ...

10/12/06 - 20060230113 - System and method for billing in a professional services information management system
According to various example embodiments of the inventive subject matter there is disclosed method and apparatus for receiving a message from an electronic mail handling system wherein a message is received in an intellectual property management system, and automatically associating the message with a legal matter represented in the intellectual ...

10/12/06 - 20060230112 - Method for signing into a mobile device over a network
A system, apparatus, and method are directed to managing automatic sign in to an Instant Messaging (IM) session on mobile device from another computing device, such as a personal computer (PC), over a network. The end-user of the PC may provide an account identifier, password, and the like, and in ...

10/05/06 - 20060224682 - System and method of screening unstructured messages and communications
Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method of screening unstructured messages and communications. In one embodiment, messages and communications may be received in the form of email and telephone transcripts. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of extracting text from email and telephone transcripts ...

10/05/06 - 20060224681 - Mobile communications device e-mail message delivery
An e-mail message addressed to an e-mail message address is received. From this e-mail message, characteristics of the e-mail message matching one or more predetermined conditions are identified. Thereafter, a transmission of a notification message to a mobile communications device associated with the e-mail message address may be initiated. The ...

10/05/06 - 20060224680 - Electronic mail sending and receiving apparatus, and electronic mail sending and receiving program
According to the electronic mail sending and receiving apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to intelligently implement personal representation that is suited to individual users of electronic mail by converting a character string representing a person that is included in the body of an electronic mail into a ...

10/05/06 - 20060224679 - Mail server, mail receiving apparatus, mail server program storage medium, and mail receiving program storage medium
There are provided a mail server, a mail receiving apparatus, a mail server program storage medium, and a mail receiving program storage medium, the mail server which relays transmission and reception of electronic mail including a mail receiving section which receives electronic mail to which an attachment file is attached ...

10/05/06 - 20060224678 - Web-based communications addressing system and method
A system and method is provided for sending and receiving authorized messages from a sender to a recipient in a network utilizing a Web-based mail server. The Web-based mail server communicates with a user via HTML or another general purpose language. The mail system makes use of a channelized address ...

10/05/06 - 20060224677 - Method and apparatus for detecting email fraud
A system and method for detecting email fraud is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the system includes a collection module for collecting a plurality of bounced email messages originating from an injection source, and a source mining module for determining the location of the injection source. The bounced ...

10/05/06 - 20060224676 - System, method and program product for managing communications pursuant to an information technology (it) migration
Under the present invention, a distribution list of message recipients within an organization undergoing the IT migration is generated by analyzing the infrastructure of the organization. Once the message recipients are known, they can be grouped into a set of mailing groups. Thereafter, specific message templates can be assigned to ...

10/05/06 - 20060224675 - Methods and systems for providing current email addresses and contact information for members within a social network
Methods and systems for providing current email addresses or contact information to members within a social network are described. In one described method, an email program application requests an email address for a member within a social network. Using profile information associated with the member, the email address is provided ...

10/05/06 - 20060224674 - Methods and systems for saving draft electronic communications
Methods and systems for saving draft electronic communications, such as web e-mails, are described herein. One such described method comprises automatically saving a draft web-email in the e-mail web page. A second such described method comprises saving a draft web e-mail in a cookie residing on the client machine. A ...

10/05/06 - 20060224673 - Throttling inbound electronic messages in a message processing system
Providing for proactive and/or active processing of message events is provided. Message event information received by the system is aggregated, a message event throttling policy is generated from the aggregated information and distributed globally. Subsequent message events are then processed using the global rules and/or policies as well as local ...

10/05/06 - 20060224672 - @ symbol for use in a multifunction device
Apparatus and methods for entering an email address using an @ symbol. The email address may be entered at a user interface having a display and a data input terminal. The email address is shown on the device display while the address is entered. An @ symbol may be displayed ...

09/28/06 - 20060218236 - System and method for diagnostic analysis of delivery services
A method of analyzing the operation of a delivery system. The method includes: determining a seeding plan; placing a seed piece into the delivery system; tracking the seed piece through the delivery system to generate tracking data; storing the tracking data in a central repository; and analyzing the tracking data ...

09/28/06 - 20060218235 - Spam prevention by legal user database and user authentication
A method for controlling the transmission of messages (Emails) from a first user (User A) to a second user (User B) in order to detect the transmission of unwanted Emails or spam. The transmission of an Email from User A to User B occurs via a first mail server, associated ...

09/28/06 - 20060218234 - Scheme of sending email to mobile devices
A method, apparatus, client and server are directed at providing a simplified scheme to deliver email messages that include text message body, and/or MIME attachments from desktop computing devices to messaging (such as SMS) and wireless internet capable phones. A web form is provided for users to compose messages and/or ...

09/28/06 - 20060218233 - Method and system for an e-mail service with processing of information e-mails of another internet service
A method of providing and operating an e-mail service (FM), wherein a user account (NK) with multiple folders (PE, PE1, PE2, . . . ) is assigned in each case to Internet users, wherein for the case that the user uses another Internet service (EB), particularly an auction service, which ...

09/28/06 - 20060218232 - Method and system for accommodating mandatory responses in electronic messaging
A method, system, apparatus, or computer program product is presented for processing electronic messages. An electronic message is received for a recipient from a sender, and a data field is detected in the received electronic message that indicates a request by the sender for a response from the recipient for ...

09/21/06 - 20060212529 - Short message management system using a vm application and a mobile communication terminal
A message management service server includes a messaging group information storage unit for storing messaging group information, a VM environment setting information storage unit for storing user-set environment information, a group special service code management unit for managing group special service code information, a group message history storage unit for ...

09/21/06 - 20060212528 - E-mail communication apparatus and data processing method and program
An improved e-mail communication apparatus, a data processing method and a program are provided. First, an MFP 100 which receives an e-mail decides whether or not the e-mail is one of a plurality of split data generated by dividing image data in data amount units and stores the e-mail. The ...

09/21/06 - 20060212527 - E-mail communication apparatus, e-mail communication method and program
To provide an e-mail communication apparatus, an e-mail communication method and a program capable of, in the case of receiving e-mail which is split e-mails including request-to-send (RTS) information for transmitting the e-mail to a predetermined destination, suitably performing transmittal confirmation without transmitting to a source the e-mail of the ...

09/21/06 - 20060212526 - Method and apparatus for implicit floor control in push-to-talk over cellular systems
A method and apparatus for implicit floor control in push-to-talk over cellular system. A message is generated by a client in a communication system and is then streamed to a push-to-talk server. The server checks to see if the floor is idle, and if so, distributes the message to at ...

09/21/06 - 20060212525 - Method and apparatus for interworking between push-to-talk over cellular (poc) systems and instant messaging (im) systems
A method and apparatus for interworking between push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) systems and instant messagaing (IM) systems is provided. An interworking entity that behaves like a PoC client to a PoC server and as an IM client to the IM server is provided. The interworking entity may be implemented as ...

09/21/06 - 20060212524 - Rules-based transaction prefetching using connection end-point proxies
Network proxies reduce server latency in response to series of requests from client applications. Network proxies intercept messages clients and a server. Intercepted client requests are compared with rules. When client requests match a rule, additional request messages are forwarded to the server on behalf of a client application. In ...

09/21/06 - 20060212523 - Policy based control of multiple message forwards
A method, system and apparatus for the policy based control of multiple message forwards. A method for policy based control of multiple message forwards can include reviewing a policy associated with a message to identify a set of recipients for a message. Responsive to a request to forward a substantially ...

09/21/06 - 20060212522 - Email address verification
A system and method for sending email. The method includes the steps of receiving: an email address including a destination domain from a user; prior to sending a message to the destination domain, determining whether the destination domain will receive email; and providing an indication to the user that the ...

09/21/06 - 20060212521 - Asynchronous transactions action buttons over communication mediums
A system, method, and related computer program for asynchronous transactions action buttons over communication mediums. The present invention allows users to maintain control over an instant message after it is sent. More specifically, a sender of an instant message can revoke a sent instant message, or amend a sent instant ...

09/21/06 - 20060212520 - Electronic message system with federation of trusted senders
Systems and methods for allowing challenge messages to be sent directly to a recipient's inbox where normally the challenge message would be sent to a pending folder or deleted. Challenge messages sent between federated messaging services contain a federated token which can be identified, authenticated and validated to determine whether ...

09/21/06 - 20060212519 - Rfid wireless control of instant messaging
A remote control instant messaging method and system for automatically activating an instant messaging session based upon remote detection of a user approaching a processor capable of executing an instant message system. The method and system also automatically deactivate the instant messaging session based upon remote detection of the user's ...

09/14/06 - 20060206574 - Method and apparatus for filtering email
A method and apparatus for filtering messages comprising determining a first semantic anchor corresponding to a first group of messages, for example, legitimate messages and a second semantic anchor corresponding to a second group of messages, for example, unsolicited messages. Determining a vector corresponding to an incoming message; comparing the ...

09/14/06 - 20060206573 - Multiattribute specification of preferences about people, priorities, and privacy for guiding messaging and communications
The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate multiattribute adjustments and control associated with messages and other communications and informational items that are directed to a user via automated systems. An interface, specification language, and controls are provided for defining a plurality of variously configured groups that ...

09/14/06 - 20060206572 - Authenticating electronic communications
A method includes generating an authenticity indicator for an electronic communication based on a comparison of domain name data and purported sender data associated with the electronic communication, the authenticity indicator indicating a likelihood that the electronic communication was sent from a purported sender of the electronic communication. The authenticity ...

09/14/06 - 20060206571 - System and method for url risk assessment, and computer product
A client device requests a server device to assess a risk of a URL included in an email received. The server device stores the URL for which the request was received, in correspondence with the user information, in a storage unit. Risk of the URL is assessed based on whether ...

09/14/06 - 20060206570 - Automatic off-line availability for document content linked in electronic mail messages
A system for providing automatic off-line availability of shared document content linked in electronic mail (“email”) messages. Documents indicated by links in processed email messages may accessed when a client system user is working either online or offline. A software component operates to read through email messages sent to a ...

09/14/06 - 20060206569 - Smart size reduction of a local electronic mailbox by removing unimportant messages based on an automatically generated user interest profile
A system that enables a user to conveniently reduce the size of one or more mailboxes stored on the client computer system. The user can indicate that “unimportant” email messages are to be removed from one or more mailboxes. Unimportant email messages are automatically removed before important ones. To calculate ...

09/14/06 - 20060206568 - Method and system for rapid dissemination of public announcements
The present invention provides a method and system for disseminating urgent public announcements over an IP-based network. One or a plurality of Internet- or Intranet-connected servers receive and store data identifying particular geographic locations to current announcements. The servers identify IP addresses of users making URL requests or requests for ...

09/14/06 - 20060206567 - Dynamic service surrogates
Example embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism for allowing developers to define new interfaces and insert custom translational code that implements these new interfaces for legacy components that otherwise cannot communicate in a web service environment. These new interfaces are then exposed to the web service client in ...

09/07/06 - 20060200532 - Method and system for providing visual notification in a unified messaging system
A method and system for interfacing a legacy e-mail, voice mail and facsimile system into a unified messaging system. The system includes visual message notification for notifying a user of incoming messages. Visual notification may include a flashing light emitting diode and/or text messages. The text messages may include various ...

09/07/06 - 20060200531 - User interface for email inbox to call attention differently to different classes of email
A user interface for email users which calls attention to one or more categories of emails in different ways. In some species, at least three categories are used: branded senders with Trumarks; white list buddies; and fraudulent emails which are either not from the domain they purport to be from ...

09/07/06 - 20060200530 - User interface for email inbox to call attention differently to different classes of email
A user interface for email users which calls attention to one or more categories of emails in different ways. In some species, at least three categories are used: branded senders with Trumarks; white list buddies; and fraudulent emails which are either not from the domain they purport to be from ...

09/07/06 - 20060200529 - Apparatus, method, and program for communication
A communication apparatus according to the present invention includes: upper limit setting unit, adapted to set a transmission upper limit which defines an upper limit of data size of mail data to be transmitted in a single e-mail; image data acquiring unit, adapted to acquire image data to be attached ...

09/07/06 - 20060200528 - Method and system for processing data messages
A system (10) for processing data messages includes a mail server (16), data messaging server (20) and a mobile communications device (22). The mail server (16) is operable to receive a first data message (100) transmitted over a public network (24), the first data message (100) having a plurality of ...

09/07/06 - 20060200527 - System, method, and computer program product for communications management
The system, method, and computer program product includes a first destination mail server for receiving a plurality of e-mail messages addressed to a first E-Mail address, the first destination mail server creating an action list digest of the plurality of e-mail messages and forwarding the action list digest to a ...

09/07/06 - 20060200526 - Message filtering
Methods and systems, including computer program products, implementing techniques for message filtering. The techniques include receiving a plurality of messages generated by an application, and filtering the messages, including simplifying one or more of the messages, eliminating one or more of the messages, or both simplifying and eliminating messages. The ...

09/07/06 - 20060200525 - System and method for providing instant messaging capability in conjunction with an online reference
Methods for providing instant messaging capability in conjunction with an online reference is provided. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving an indication to initiate display of online content, selecting at least one reference in response to the indication, the at least one reference being associated with a source, ...

09/07/06 - 20060200524 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums for configuring electronic messaging applications
Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums configure electronic messaging applications to communicate with a server storing messages to and/or from an electronic messaging account of a user. A method involves receiving an electronic message address and a password of the user as inputs, deriving server connection settings based on the electronic ...

09/07/06 - 20060200523 - User interface for email inbox to call attention differently to different classes of email
A user interface for email users which calls attention to one or more categories of emails in different ways. In some species, at least three categories are used: branded senders with Trumarks; white list buddies; and fraudulent emails which are either not from the domain they purport to be from ...

09/07/06 - 20060200522 - Web services processing using mapi compliant mail applications
The present invention provides Web Services over a mail transport. In particular, the present invention sends Web Service messages using MAPI (Messaging Application Program Interface) mail applications in order to support offline communications and extended processing time of service requests without creating additional infrastructure for such message exchanges. A custom ...

08/31/06 - 20060195541 - Electronic mail replies with speech recognition
A method for responding to an electronic mail message with a limited input device such as a phone includes audibly rendering the question and a set of proposed answers typically provided in the electronic mail message by the sender of the electronic mail message. A language model indicative of the ...

08/31/06 - 20060195540 - Message routing with telecommunication number addressing and key management
Methods, devices, signals, and systems are provided in a message routing architecture which provides improved capabilities for integrating “digital” communication through email messages with “analog” communication through voice and/or fax or pager messages. Email can be addressed using nothing more than a standard telephone or fax number. If the registered ...

08/31/06 - 20060195539 - Private network exchange with multiple service providers, having a portal, collaborative applications, and a directory service
A private network exchange with multiple service providers, having a portal, collaborative applications, and a directory service is provided. The private network exchange can operate across multiple service providers, and provides a minimum service level regardless of the service providers involved. The Portal provides a user friendly interface to present ...

08/31/06 - 20060195538 - Apparatus and method for affecting correspondent-centric electronic mail
Techniques to make e-mail correspondent-centric rather than message-centric, and reduce junk e-mail. Tabulates, maintains, and updates useful information about the user's chosen correspondents, and the history and status of each correspondence series. Filters incoming messages from an unrecognized sender, asking user whether to add sender to correspondent list, and if ...

08/31/06 - 20060195537 - Systems and methods for managing directory harvest attacks via electronic messages
The present invention provides an electronic message management system (EMS) that includes a real-time feedback loop where data is collected from the electronic messages on incoming connection attempts, outgoing delivery attempts, and message content analysis, and written to a centralized data matrix. A separate process accesses the data matrix and ...

08/31/06 - 20060195536 - Communication management apparatus, communication management method, and communication management program
A communication management apparatus includes: a receiving module which receives a message that is posted from a first terminal and includes information about the first terminal; an acceptance module which accepts a browse request for the received message from a second terminal that is different from the first terminal; a ...

08/31/06 - 20060195535 - Terminal apparatus
A terminal apparatus is provided that makes it easy to determine whether or not data once saved can be deleted. When data included in a memory is output to an external equipment of the terminal apparatus, output history data including an output destination, an output day and time, and an ...

08/31/06 - 20060195534 - Information processing system, storage medium, and information processing method
An information processing system including: a first importance level estimation unit that employs information for emails previously received by a user to classify an email to one of a plurality of first importance level categories; and a second importance level estimation unit that employs the information for the emails previously ...

08/31/06 - 20060195533 - Information processing system, storage medium and information processing method
An information processing system including: a sender information holding unit that stores an email address of a sender of an email in correlation with one of a plurality of sender categories; and an importance level estimation unit that determines, for each of the plurality of sender categories, importance levels of ...

08/31/06 - 20060195532 - Client-side presence documentation
Client-side presence documentation is implemented in an instant messaging architecture. In a described implementation, respective presence documents are stored locally at respective client devices. Accordingly, presence information can be shared and disseminated in accordance with a peer to peer paradigm. In another described implementation, presence documents can include presence information ...

08/31/06 - 20060195531 - Managing working set in an extensible message transfer system
Within a mail transfer agent of a message transfer system, a message is received and if the recipient entity resolves to a number of recipients exceeding a specified quantity, the original message is not processed. Instead, at least two messages are created, with each of the created messages addressed to ...

08/31/06 - 20060195530 - Reprocessing of messages in an extensible message transfer system
Within a mail transfer agent of a message transfer system, a message is received and if the recipient entity resolves to a number of recipients exceeding a specified quantity, the original message is not processed. Instead, at least two messages are created, with each of the created messages addressed to ...

08/31/06 - 20060195529 - Bifurcation of messages in an extensible message transfer system
Within a mail transfer agent of a message transfer system, a message is received and if the recipient entity resolves to a number of recipients exceeding a specified quantity, the original message is not processed. Instead, at least two messages are created, with each of the created messages addressed to ...

08/31/06 - 20060195528 - Notification breakthrough status and profile
Techniques and tools are described for notifications of events, such as receipt of messages, and specifically to tools and techniques related to breakthrough notification profile and status. For example, it is determining whether a profile is active and whether a contact associated with an event is identified as having a ...

08/31/06 - 20060195527 - Limited-operation electronic mail accounts with set functions
In one aspect, a method related to a limited-operation electronic mail account. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application. ...

08/31/06 - 20060195526 - Device and method for user-based processing of electronic message comprising file attachments
A method for the user-based processing of electronic messages comprising file attachments is provided. According to the method, a file attachment of an electronic message is replaced by a memory location link to a selected memory location in a user file system and the file attachment of the electronic message ...

08/31/06 - 20060195525 - Distributed application server and method for implementing distributed functions
The invention provides a distributed application server comprising a cluster of two or more nodes in a peer configuration. The two or more nodes are associated with at least one message stream comprising a plurality of messages propagated through the associated nodes. The invention also provides a method of implementing ...

08/24/06 - 20060190546 - Instant messaging (im) internet chat capability from displayed email messages
Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment an email window is configured to display an email message, the email message including a plurality of intended recipients, wherein the email window is also configured to display information about the plurality of ...

08/24/06 - 20060190545 - Method, apparatus, and program to forward and verify multiple digital signatures in electronic mail
A mechanism is provided for augmenting the mail header of a message with a list of digital signatures representing the chain of contributors to the message. The augmented header may also encode the actual contributions corresponding to each digital signature. The list is appended every time a message is forwarded. ...

08/24/06 - 20060190544 - Data-type definition driven dynamic business component instantiation and execution framework and system and method for managing knowledge information
In a complex workflow environment, a data-type-definition (DTD) schema drives a dynamic business component instantiation and execution framework that integrates documents with data and information created by various applications, potentially operating on several different platforms, enabling complex workflow and collaboration to occur over a communication network such as the Internet. ...

08/24/06 - 20060190543 - Systems and methods for advanced communications and control
Methods and systems for telecommunications operations and controls include (1) an enhanced text message process or methodology that allows a remote user who does not have, already installed, a specialized voice telephony program to nevertheless place and participate in a voice call, (2) call admission control using a “degrees of ...

08/24/06 - 20060190542 - Simplified email system
Email communication between an elderly individual and registered friends and family is facilitated by displaying photographs received by email from registrants on a monitor display screen, displaying visual indicators on said screen in association with photographs of registrants from whom emails have been received, and providing a selection means for ...

08/24/06 - 20060190541 - System and method for public and private messages in an information management system
There is disclosed method and apparatus for storing and processing information in a data storage and processing system used by attorneys, wherein there is sent an electronic message from the processing system to one or more e-mail recipients. An electronic message is received in the processing system from an e-mail ...

08/17/06 - 20060184635 - Electronic mail method using email tickler
Systems and methods of the present invention allow a Sender of an email message to save the message into a network email storage and send an Email Tickler to a Recipient. The Email Tickler contains a location reference for the email message at the network email storage. A Recipient's Receiving ...

08/17/06 - 20060184634 - Electronic mail system using email tickler
Systems and methods of the present invention allow a Sender of an email message to save the message into a network email storage and send an Email Tickler to a Recipient. The Email Tickler contains a location reference for the email message at the network email storage. A Recipient's Receiving ...

08/17/06 - 20060184633 - Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information collection based on various communication modes for sending messages to users
A method, system, and program product for communicating with machines and end users connected to a network. Information sent to or from the machines is transmitted using electronic mail or a via a direct connection. The electronic mail may be transmitted over the Internet to a service center or from ...

08/17/06 - 20060184632 - Apparatus and method for analyzing and filtering email and for providing web related services
The inventive methodology provides an integrated plug and play solution designed to protect home networks against spam, phishing emails, viruses, spyware as well as other similar threats. The described content filtering appliance can be used for processing of web and email traffic implemented and can be deployed as a stand-alone ...

08/17/06 - 20060184631 - System and method for retrieving a web logging message via a dispatch communication
A system for posting web logging (blog) messages, retrieving blog messages, and being notified of the posting of blog messages by way of dispatch communications. The system includes a wireless communication system capable of setting up dispatch communications links between subscriber units and a dispatch server. The dispatch server interfaces ...

08/17/06 - 20060184630 - System and method for notifying of the posting of a web logging message via a dispatch communication
A system for posting web logging (blog) messages, retrieving blog messages, and being notified of the posting of blog messages by way of dispatch communications. The system includes a wireless communication system capable of setting up dispatch communications links between subscriber units and a dispatch server. The dispatch server interfaces ...

08/17/06 - 20060184629 - System and method for relaying a web logging message via a dispatch communication
A system for posting web logging (blog) messages, retrieving blog messages, and being notified of the posting of blog messages by way of dispatch communications. The system includes a wireless communication system capable of setting up dispatch communications links between subscriber units and a dispatch server. The dispatch server interfaces ...

08/17/06 - 20060184628 - Method and system to compose and transmit different contents to different receipients in a single message
A method and system to compose and transmit different contents to different recipients in a single message may include entering a plurality of different contents in a single message. The method may also include assigning at least one recipient of a plurality of recipients to each different contents. The assigning ...

08/10/06 - 20060179114 - Terminal and computer program product for replying to an email message using one of a plurality of communication methods
A terminal and computer program product allow a user of a communication device to quickly reply to a received email message using any one of several different communication methods. Communication identifiers, such as email addresses and telephone numbers, are automatically retrieved from anywhere in the received email message and the ...

08/10/06 - 20060179113 - Network domain reputation-based spam filtering
Network domain reputation-based spam filtering is described. In an embodiment, emails are received from a network domain and a reputation of the network domain is established. Additional emails are filtered as they are received to determine a status of each email as spam email or not spam email. An email ...

08/10/06 - 20060179112 - Method, apparatus and business system for online communications with online and offline recipients
The present invention comprises a method, apparatus and business system for allowing on-line communications with members of a group of recipients for whom the invention has been implemented. A group may, for example, comprise members of a particular business or profession. For example, a group may consist of doctors admitted ...

08/03/06 - 20060173965 - Multimedia messaging service method of mobile communication terminal
A multimedia messaging service method of a mobile communication terminal includes receiving message information extracted from a multimedia message by a multimedia messaging service center; setting a streaming rate and buffer size based on the received message information; and receiving the multimedia message according to the set streaming rate and ...

08/03/06 - 20060173964 - Communication terminal device and method for controlling same
A communication terminal device and a method for controlling the same which can operate a mail restriction function effectively without increasing a mail address registered for the mail restriction function are provided. The transmission and the reception of the mail is restricted by storing by a domain conversion table a ...

08/03/06 - 20060173963 - Propagating and responding to announcements in an environment having pre-established social groups
Strategies are described for propagating and responding to announcements within an environment having pre-established social groups, such as pre-established instant messenger social groups. More specifically, a member within a group can create an announcement, whereupon the announcement becomes associated with the member's identity. The member can then propagate that announcement ...

08/03/06 - 20060173962 - Establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses in an e-mail
This invention describes a method for establishing an ad-hoc group based on addresses of users in a message (e.g., an e-mail) received or sent using a pre-selected communication method (e.g., an e-mail communication) by an electronic device. Any recipient or a sender of the e-mail message can use the e-mail ...

08/03/06 - 20060173961 - People-centric view of email
The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates contact- or people-based organization of messages. A list of contacts can be generated based on the people or groups who have communicated with the user (mailbox owner) via email or otherwise. To view desired messages, a user can select ...

08/03/06 - 20060173960 - Strategies for peer-to-peer instant messaging
Strategies are described for establishing a peer-to-peer (P2P) direct coupling channel between two user devices at the commencement of an Instant Messaging (IM) conversation. Provisions are described for gracefully switching to a switchboard coupling channel when the conversation includes more than two participants, and switching back to the P2P coupling ...

07/27/06 - 20060168076 - Method and system for regulating the dispatching of messages for requestors
A method and system in an application service provider (“ASP”) system for regulating the dispatching of event notification messages that generate return contacts. The ASP system is connected to various requestor systems and receives from those systems requests to send messages to designated recipients. The ASP system dispatches the messages ...

07/27/06 - 20060168075 - System, computer program product and method for selecting an application service provider
A system, computer program product, and method for managing ASP documents includes requesting a transfer of an ASP document at an ASP user device connected to a remote document manager and a remote ASP via a network such as the Internet, establishing a predetermined time for effecting a transfer of ...

07/27/06 - 20060168074 - Messaging and document management system and method
A communication system and method transmits electronic mail among multiple users that are senders or recipients of the mail, or both. The system and method use and augment the Internet with a postal server and software linked to the Internet. The sender and recipient have terminals also linked to the ...

07/27/06 - 20060168073 - System and method of managing real-time communications using context-based awareness states
Described are a system and method for managing online communications by a user who participates in an awareness service system. A first awareness state associated with the user is published to a first participant of the awareness service system, while a second different awareness state associated with the user is ...

07/27/06 - 20060168072 - Image forming device for transmitting and receiving email message and method thereof
An image forming device for transmitting and receiving an email message and a method for transmitting and receiving an email message by an image forming device. The image forming device includes a communication unit, a memory unit, an email processing unit, an email preparing unit, and a controller. The communication ...

07/27/06 - 20060168071 - Electronic mail sending and receiving system
There is provided an electronic mail sending and receiving system capable of encrypting an electronic mail including its header when sending it without installing an encryption system in a sender client and decrypting the electronic including its header mail when received without installing an encryption system in a receiver client. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168070 - Hardware-based messaging appliance
Message publish/subscribe systems are required to process high message volumes with reduced latency and performance bottlenecks. The hardware-based messaging appliance proposed by the present invention is designed for high-volume, low-latency messaging. The hardware-based messaging appliance is part of a publish/subscribe middleware system. With the hardware-based messaging appliances, this system operates ...

07/27/06 - 20060168069 - Method, system and program product for performing message benchmarking
The present invention allows complex messaging configurations (e.g., server clusters) and messaging activities to be simulated in a single test. A server cluster having two or more mail servers is provided. Each server in the cluster is assigned one or more mail databases that are also replicated to the other ...

07/27/06 - 20060168068 - Method and computer system for e-mail processing
An e-mail system includes a storage means that stores at least one list of e-mail recipients. An e-mail client of the e-mail system is configured to present a user interface that is configured to assign the at least one list to an e-mail message and is further configured to receive ...

07/27/06 - 20060168067 - Method for automatically implementing special forms in an e-mail system
In an electronic mail system environment, a system and method for providing message flags, providing custom forms, and providing an autoresponse feature. The e-mail system notifies a recipient when a due date is approaching or when a follow-up action is past due. A custom forms feature allows a user to ...

07/27/06 - 20060168066 - Email anti-phishing inspector
A method, system, and computer program product are provided for implementing embodiments of an EScam Server, which are useful for determining phishing emails. Methods, systems, and program products are also provided to implement embodiments of a Trusted Host Miner, useful for determining servers associated with a Trusted URL, a Trusted ...

07/27/06 - 20060168065 - Electronic message response and remediation system and method
Provided is a method, system and software for responding to an incoming electronic message, including determining whether the incoming electronic message is relevant or irrelevant to a user, and if the incoming electronic message is irrelevant to the user, parsing the incoming electronic message for message origination information and replying ...

07/27/06 - 20060168064 - Electronic message management
In accordance with embodiments of the invention, message management services are provided for creating and/or adapting electronic messages with digital content items. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168063 - Method and system for diagnosis and control of machines using connection and connectionless modes of communication
A method and system for monitoring, controlling and diagnosing operation of a machine such as a business office machine including a facsimile machine, a copier, and a printer. When the speed of communication between the remote device and machine is not urgent, a connectionless mode of communication may be used. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168062 - Virtual calendar
An electronic mail system identifies autoreply messages and stores the date of return in a virtual calendar. The system then uses the virtual calendar for several features. A user can attempt to access the calendar of another user, and if that user's calendar is not accessible, then information from the ...

07/27/06 - 20060168061 - Server, server system, and e-mail delivery method
An object is to provide a server and an e-mail delivery method capable of processing an e-mail while determining whether the e-mail is to be stored into a mail box or whether only an attached file is to be stored into a storage area specified by a URL, based on ...

07/27/06 - 20060168060 - Instant message filtering method
The invention relates to a method of filtering messages in an instant messaging server comprising a main instant messaging module connected to an information base containing instant messaging clients' contact lists with associated filtering rules, said method comprising the following steps: a) a first instant messaging client sending a messaging ...

07/27/06 - 20060168059 - System and method for providing filtering email messages
A method for filtering email messages for a user, includes (a) obtaining from the user a first set of email addresses over which the user asserts authority and a second set of email addresses from which email messages are to be accepted; (b) obtaining from the email messages the sender ...

07/27/06 - 20060168058 - Email transaction system
The present invention provides a method and a system in which, a determination is made in order to determine whether a destination mail server is able to process a number of emails associated with a distribution list. By requesting performance metrics for each destination server, analysis is performed to understand ...

07/27/06 - 20060168057 - Method and system for enhanced electronic mail processing
An asynchronous proxy server system interposed between sender and recipient mail transfer agents, or other agent on the sender side, is configured to classify outgoing mail. Message and message header information is processed and compared against a set of business rules. The message header is modified to reflect an assertion ...

07/27/06 - 20060168056 - System and method for providing improved access to spam-control feature in mail-enabled application
Disclosed is a system and method for providing users of web-accessible E-mail services with improved access to their E-mail messages and other information. In a first embodiment, a SPAM-control feature of a web-accessible electronic mail service is provided to a user of a mail-enabled application running on the user's client ...

07/27/06 - 20060168055 - Method and apparatus for measurement, analysis, and optimization of content delivery
An apparatus and method for measurement, analysis, and optimization of content delivery over a communications network is presented. In one embodiment, the apparatus detects data packets en route over a communications network. The detected data packets are read by the apparatus, combined into application messages, and further combined into user ...

07/27/06 - 20060168054 - Messaging method and apparatus
A method and instant messaging client are provided to receive personalized content via an instant message. The method may include retrieving content identification criteria stored at the instant messaging client and communicating the content identification criteria via the instant messaging client to an instant messaging server. The instant messaging server ...

07/27/06 - 20060168053 - Method and apparatus for immunizing data in computer systems from corruption
A system for immunizing a computer network against adverse effects caused by the receipt of a corrupting message. Each message transfers into a protocol-based controlled environment for a specific recipient where message criteria determine whether the incoming message is deemed to be a valid or suspicious message. Transmission criteria determine ...

07/27/06 - 20060168052 - Reliably transferring queued application messages
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for reliably and securely transferring queued application messages. Application messages are (e.g., binary or text) encoded and then encapsulated in transfer messages, enqueue messages, and dequeue responses such that composable protocol elements used in application messages can be reused ...

07/27/06 - 20060168051 - Limited-use instant messaging accounts
In one aspect, a method related to a limited-use instant messaging account. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168050 - Interface for creation of limited-use electronic mail accounts
In one aspect, a method related to a limited-use electronic mail account. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168049 - Method for redirection of instant messages
The present invention a method by which the sender of an instant message can designate an alternate recipient of the message in the event the initial recipient does not respond to the message within a predetermined time period. The sender can create a list of one or more alternate recipients ...

07/27/06 - 20060168048 - Selectively blocking instant messages according to a do not instant message list
A method, system and apparatus for selectively blocking the transmission of an unsolicited instant message. The method of the invention can include receiving an instant message designated an intended recipient; locating the intended recipient in a do not instant message list; and, responsive to the location, blocking the instant message ...

07/27/06 - 20060168047 - Method for suppression of multicast join/prune messages from extranet receivers
A method of suppressing the number of PIM messages from extranet receivers is disclosed. Each receiver, before sending a PIM message, first searches for any other receivers other than itself. If there are no other receivers, then the PIM message is sent; otherwise, the receiver suppresses sending the PIM message. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168046 - Managing periodic electronic messages
Management of periodic electronic messages received from a sender. Managing periodic messages includes reducing the number of stale and/or obsolete messages maintained in the user's account. A periodic message can be identified if the sender of the message is listed in a periodic mail rules list or by processing previously ...

07/27/06 - 20060168045 - System and method for e-mail client with proactive indication unit
A system and method provide an enhanced e-mail (electronic mail) system with a proactive indication of recipient away message. The system and method provide an enhanced e-mail system with a proactive indication of away messages of individuals related to the recipient. The system and method also provides for enhanced e-mail ...

07/27/06 - 20060168044 - System and method for display of chained messages in a single email in different orders
Systems and methods for display of chained messages in a single email in different orders allow a user to specify sort criteria to determine the order of display of chained messages. The system includes a message finding program and a message sorting program. The message finding program identifies individual messages ...

07/27/06 - 20060168043 - Systems with message integration for data exchange, collection, monitoring and/or alerting and related methods and computer program products
Methods, systems and related products for collaborative exchange of healthcare data using a computer network are configured to: (a) receive a participating Subscriber's request for publication of selected clinical data from participating Publishers that have respective Publisher repositories of clinical data; (b) determine whether respective Publishers approve publication of their ...

07/27/06 - 20060168042 - Mechanism for mitigating the problem of unsolicited email (also known as spam
A method for reducing the reception of undesirable email is disclosed. The method includes initiating a first process for receiving email from a first server and receiving an email from the first server. The method further includes identifying the email as an undesirable email and determining an Internet Protocol (IP) ...

07/27/06 - 20060168041 - Using ip address and domain for email spam filtering
Email spam filtering is performed based on a combination of IP address and domain. When an email message is received, an IP address and a domain associated with the email message are determined. A cross product of the IP address (or portions of the IP address) and the domain (or ...

07/27/06 - 20060168040 - Automated email activity management
A system for organizing email comprising: (a) a modeler operable to infer a temporal sequential process from a corpus of unlabeled email messages; and (b) a categorizer operable to accept an incoming message and map the aforesaid incoming message to a transition in the aforesaid temporal sequential process. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168039 - Asynchronous tamper-proof tag for routing e-mails and e-mail attachments
A method of automatically processing e-mails wherein the e-mail is tagged by the sender with a unique identifier so that the e-mail can be automatically routed or filed. The unique identifier is encrypted to protect it from unauthorized tampering or decoding to avoid misidentification or fraudulent labelling of the e-mails. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168038 - Message gateways and methods and systems for message dispatching based on group communication
A system for message dispatching based on group communication. The system comprises a message gateway, receiving a message from a message server, retrieving a header and contents of the message corresponding to a message address, determining whether first field information in the header contents is identical to a group name ...

07/27/06 - 20060168037 - Systems and methods for handling presence messages
Described are systems and methods for handling presence messages intended for an offline user. When an online user wants to send an instant message to an offline user, a presence-sensing server detects and notifies the online user of the status of the offline user. The presence-sensing server then can either ...

07/27/06 - 20060168036 - Method and system to file relayed e-mails
A method and a system to file relayed e-mails is provided. The method includes receiving an e-mail, the e-mail including addressing information in an e-mail header and an the e-mail body. The e-mail is parsed to obtain the addressing information from the e-mail header and the e-mail body, after which ...

07/27/06 - 20060168035 - Anti-spam server
A method and apparatus for blocking unwanted messages (spam) in a telecommunications network. Nodes for offering all types of telecommunications services are connected to a centralized anti-spam server. In response to reception of a message request, a node of the network transmits information about the request to the centralized server ...

07/27/06 - 20060168034 - System and method for mailing services including notification to recipient of items requiring time sensitive actions
A notification system and method that enables mail recipients to easily identify mail items that require some action on their part, as well as easily ascertain the date by which the action must be taken, is provided. Mail items that require some action on the part of the recipient are ...

07/27/06 - 20060168033 - Spam white list
A spam filtering system is simplified if it has a black list and white list of source terminals for each destination terminal since all traffic from a white list is automatically completed and all traffic from a black list is automatically blocked. In order to avoid traffic problems from problem ...

07/27/06 - 20060168032 - Unwanted message (spam) detection based on message content
In a teleconmmunications network a method of detecting unwanted (spam) messages. The content of a suspected spam message is analyzed to determine if the weighted properties and weighted sums of properties of the message exceeds a threshold. If these weighted sums exceed a threshold, the message is treated as a ...

07/27/06 - 20060168031 - Detection of unwanted messages (spam)
A spam filtering system and method are disclosed for filtering spam destined for a mobile communication device. In the spam filtering system, a processing system receives a message destined for a mobile communication device through an interface. The processing system processes the message based on first filtering criteria to make ...

07/27/06 - 20060168030 - Anti-spam service
In a telecommunications network, a method and apparatus for blocking unwanted messages (spam). A centralized anti-spam network server is used to access data for customized anti-spam services for individual networks and the source and destination terminals of a requested connection. The class of anti-spam service can include, for example, message ...

07/27/06 - 20060168029 - E-mail role templates for classifying e-mail
An e-mail categorization system can include a plurality of role templates, each role template being associated with an e-mail account and defining a plurality of categories for categorizing e-mail messages. An authorized account holder can establish the plurality of categories and can designate programmatic actions that are to be selectively ...

07/27/06 - 20060168028 - System and method for confirming that the origin of an electronic mail message is valid
A system and method for preventing e-mail spoofing, in which a receiving e-mail checking server system sends a message to a confirmation server associated with a network domain of the sending system of a received e-mail message, to determine if the sender transmitted the message. The e-mail checking server sends ...

07/27/06 - 20060168027 - System and method for dynamic information selection based on associated data
A system and method for dynamic information selection based on associated is presented. A user configures a plurality of endnotes in order to assign one of the endnotes to a recipient address. Each endnote may include signature text (e.g., name, phone number, etc.), as well as images, web page links, ...

07/27/06 - 20060168026 - System and method enabling interactive electronic mail and real-time messaging
A system, method, and computer program product for managing e-mail and real-time messaging activity between a first client and a second client. In accordance with one embodiment, the method includes the first or second client detecting an nth e-mail thread response to an original e-mail message delivered between the first ...

07/27/06 - 20060168025 - Electronic communication system for user's ease of read
A method, computer program product, and system provides a collapsible view of electronic communication, which improves the ease of reading the communications, and reduces the time needed to read the useful parts of the communications. A method for displaying electronic communications comprises obtaining electronic communications, organizing each message thread into ...

07/27/06 - 20060168024 - Sender reputations for spam prevention
Techniques are presented for assigning reputations to email senders. In one implementation, real-time statistics and heuristics are constructed, stored, analyzed, and used to formulate a sender reputation level for use in evaluating and controlling a given sender's connection to an message transfer agent or email recipient. A sender with an ...

07/27/06 - 20060168023 - Reliably transferring queued application messages
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for reliably and securely transferring queued application messages. Application messages are (e.g.,. binary or text) encoded and then encapsulated in transfer messages, enqueue messages, and dequeue responses such that composable protocol elements used in application messages can be reused ...

07/27/06 - 20060168022 - Method and system for processing a communication based on trust that the communication is not unwanted as assigned by a sending domain
A method and system for identifying whether an electronic communication is likely to be unwanted by the recipient is provided. A trust system relies on a trust provider, such as a sending domain, to indicate whether an electronic communication is likely to be unwanted. The sending domain may assign its ...

07/27/06 - 20060168021 - Method and system for evaluating confidence in a sending domain to accurately assign a trust that a communication is not unwanted
A method and system for identifying whether an electronic communication is likely to be unwanted by the recipient is provided. A trust system relies on a trust provider, such as a sending domain, to indicate whether an electronic communication is likely to be unwanted. The sending domain may assign its ...

07/27/06 - 20060168020 - Private domain name registration
A service for protecting the privacy of domain name registrants while preserving the registrant's ability to directly change the registration information or transfer the registration. A whois record is created that reflects the registrant's actual identity but contains contact information that is entirely associated with a privacy service. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168019 - Method for discouraging unsolicited bulk email
A protocol-based method for email forwarding by an email server is performed as follows. An initial email is received from a sender, and checked to ensure that the initial email includes a reusable electronic paying means. If the initial email carries a reusable electronic paying means, the initial email is ...

07/27/06 - 20060168018 - Method and system for a sending domain to establish a trust that its senders communications are not unwanted
A method and system for identifying whether an electronic communication is likely to be unwanted by the recipient is provided. A trust system relies on a trust provider, such as a sending domain, to indicate whether an electronic communication is likely to be unwanted. The sending domain may assign its ...

07/27/06 - 20060168017 - Dynamic spam trap accounts
A system and method for gathering data on unsolicited email messages delivered to non-existent accounts. The method may include the steps of receiving email for a subset of non-existent email recipient accounts on an email system; and gathering message data for at least a subset of said invalid recipient accounts. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168016 - E-mail
Improved e-mail functionality. In a first general respect, the invention relates to the ability to co-author an e-mail. For example, an e-mail can be attributed to several senders in the same or similar way that conventional technology attributes e-mails to be from a single user. In a second general respect, ...

07/27/06 - 20060168015 - Instant messenger as a web-based communicator
A plug-in for use with an instant messenger utility that enables users to make telephone calls through the instant messenger. The plug-in provides users of web-based IM clients, an interface to call contact in their contact list. The plug-in also acts as a connector between users of disparate networks, allowing ...

07/27/06 - 20060168014 - Highly extendable message filtering daemon for a network appliance
A method for providing a filtering service to a front-end processing daemon (FD) in a messaging system independently of the FD. A front-end filtering daemon (FFD) is configured to accept filtering requests from at least one FD through a front-end filtering client (FFC) residing the at each FD, and send ...

07/27/06 - 20060168013 - Message management facility for an industrial process control environment
A message management facility is described herein that is hosted by a networked node, in a process control network environment, that is separate from a control processor. The message management facility routes a stream of messages received from the control processor to a set of destinations on a supervisory network. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168012 - Method and system for electronic messaging via distributed computing networks
The present invention discloses an improved method and system for sending and receiving e-mail messages in a distributed computing network and for enabling users to search for and retrieve content sent as an attachment to e-mail messages on various computing devices participating in a distributed computing network. The present invention ...

07/27/06 - 20060168011 - Fast paxos recovery
A distributed computing system can achieve consensus while introducing fewer message delays by using an algorithm that allows the constituent devices to vote on functions received directly from one or more clients. If a conflict occurs, a leader device from among the devices can be selected such that the leader ...

07/27/06 - 20060168010 - Method and system for filtering electronic messages
A method for filtering an incoming electronic message sent by a sender and addressed to a user. The method includes providing a first temporary identifier, receiving the incoming electronic message from the sender, processing the incoming electronic message to detect the presence of the first temporary identifier therein, and upon ...

07/27/06 - 20060168009 - Blocking unsolicited instant messages
A method, system and apparatus for blocking unsolicited instant messages. A system for selectively blocking unsolicited instant messages can include an instant messaging client, at least one human sensory test and, a spim sentry. Notably, the spim sentry can be configured to selectively block an incoming instant message based upon ...

07/27/06 - 20060168008 - Electronic mail display method
An electronic mail display method is described. The display method establishes a database for storing a sender list and a plurality of group lists for senders, starts an electronic mail monitoring mode for checking incoming electronic mail, executes an electronic mail filtering process, and displays the existence of the incoming ...

07/27/06 - 20060168007 - A system for maintaining message privacy on an exposed display device
The invention is an instant-messaging system that minimizes undesirable alerts on an exposed output device. The instant-messaging system is configurable so that a user can select an alert mode that alters the instant-messaging system's response to receiving message data from a caller while a user is operating an exposed output ...

07/27/06 - 20060168006 - System and method for the classification of electronic communication
From an electronic message, we extract any destinations in selectable links, and we reduce the message to a “canonical” (standard) form that we define. It minimizes the possible variability that a spammer can introduce, to produce unique copies of a message. We then make multiple hashes. These can be compared ...

07/27/06 - 20060168005 - Image forming apparatus using system and office supply information server
An image forming apparatus using system including at least one image forming apparatus having a touch panel and an office supply information server that is connected to the image forming apparatuses via a network is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a part for sending order information to the office ...

07/27/06 - 20060168004 - System and method for providing internet value-added service
The present invention generally relates to an Internet value-added service system and method for providing a conventional value-added service which has been provided in a web site with a message transmission medium of the Internet. More specifically, when an advertiser puts an advertisement through the message transmission medium of the ...

07/27/06 - 20060168003 - Method for archiving multimedia messages
The present invention is in the technical field of imaging. It is used in digital networks to communicate and to archive multimedia messages. The invention relates to a method enabling the communication of at least one multimedia message between at least two terminals (3), (4) located in a digital network ...

07/20/06 - 20060161633 - E-mail forwarding system having archival database
A method for forwarding an e-mail message from a disfavored e-mail address to a forwarding e-mail address via a remote e-mail forwarding computer having a unique e-mail address. An e-mail message is sent from a user to the remote e-mail forwarding computer. The remote e-mail forwarding computer parses the intended ...

07/20/06 - 20060161632 - System and method for voice over internet protocol communication using an instant messenger
Disclosed herein is a system and method for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication using an instant messenger (IM). The disclosed system sets up a phone terminal connected with the IM and set up a phone control module inside the IM. The disclosed method generally carries out the sending and ...

07/20/06 - 20060161631 - Revisions of already sent messages in an instant messaging communication
This invention relates to instant messages. More particularly, the invention relates to the delivery of revisions of instant messages that have already been previously delivered from a sender's instant message client to at least one recipient's instant message client during an instant messaging communication. Typically, revisions are made by the ...

07/20/06 - 20060161630 - Apparatus and method controlling use of individual segments of instant messaging content
An apparatus and method is provided for a configuration of client work stations for instant messaging, wherein a participant intending to send a particular segment of chat content can elect to send the segment in an “off the record” mode. Content sent in this mode can be viewed but cannot ...

07/20/06 - 20060161629 - Apparatus and method for limiting access to instant messaging content on a display screen
An apparatus and method is provided for substantially reducing the possibility that a message received at a computer terminal during an instant messaging conversation will become accessible to unintended viewers. A useful embodiment is directed to an arrangement wherein a computer terminal at a first client work station is disposed ...

07/20/06 - 20060161628 - System and method of remotely locating a lost mobile communication device
A system and method of locating a lost wireless communication device is provided. A remote server is contacted to indicate that the wireless communication device is lost. A lost device policy setting is then activated in a database coupled to the remote server, the lost device policy setting indicating that ...

07/20/06 - 20060161627 - System and method for verifying and archiving electronic messages
The present invention relates to a method and system for certifying the transmission of an electronic document that is being transmitted from a sender's electronic device to a recipient's electronic device wherein the electronic document contains at least a header portion containing addressing information and a body portion. A first ...

07/20/06 - 20060161626 - Systems and methods for management and delivery of messages in a centralized notification system
Systems and methods for providing centralized notification for over the air programming. The centralized notification system includes a central server that generates a message to be delivered to a mobile device. The centralized notification system includes an active server in communication with the central server that receives the message from ...

07/20/06 - 20060161625 - System, a method and a message interceptor for overload protection in data network
A system for overload protection in a data network (1) for information delivery, comprising a server transmitting a plurality of unicast content messages (5, 5′) comprising a substantially identical content, communicatable via a data network (1), having unicast and distribution capabilities, to a plurality of terminals (3, 3′) respectively, a ...

07/13/06 - 20060155812 - Management of network devices via email
A system and method for the management of networked devices via an email client. According to one embodiment, the present invention generally comprises three fundamental elements for managing a network: 1) an email client running on each of a plurality of network devices and at least one central email server ...

07/13/06 - 20060155811 - System and method for mobile e-mail management
The present invention provides a system and method for e-mail management utilising a mobile device comprising the steps of establishing a link between the mobile device and a computer device, establishing a link between the computer device and a mail server, browsing through data files on the computer device under ...

07/13/06 - 20060155810 - Method and device for electronic mail
A method manages emails in a mobile terminal of a mobile email system. The mobile email system including an email system and an email server coupled to a static terminal and in wireless communication with said mobile terminal. The static terminal has a folder-based data storage structure for storing emails ...

07/06/06 - 20060149824 - Terminal data format and a communication control system and method using the terminal data format
A terminal data format capable of efficiently controlling various network-based robots in a ubiquitous robotic companion (URC)-based infrastructure, a communication control system using the terminal data format, and a method thereof are provided. The data format includes a Protocol Discriminator field including information on a protocol identifier (ID) in order ...

07/06/06 - 20060149823 - Electronic mail system and method
Systems and methods of the present invention allow a Sender of an email message to log email message attributes in an email database. An email filter located between the Sender and a Recipient of the email message may access the database and verify if the email message truly originated from ...

07/06/06 - 20060149822 - Off-the-record e-mail methods and apparatus
This invention provides for an off-the-record e-mail system that can ensure that messages, particularly sensitive messages, are available only for the intended recipient and never reside on permanent storage media. Control of the existence of the off-the-record e-mail can lie completely with the sender. The sender of the off-the-record e-mail ...

07/06/06 - 20060149821 - Detecting spam email using multiple spam classifiers
A method for detecting undesirable emails is disclosed. The method combines input from two or more spam classifiers to provide improved classification effectiveness and robustness. The method's effectiveness is improved over that of any one constituent classifier in the sense that the detection rate is increased and/or the false positive ...

07/06/06 - 20060149820 - Detecting spam e-mail using similarity calculations
A method for detecting undesirable e-mails is disclosed. The method includes collecting a plurality of undesirable e-mails, arranging the plurality of undesirable e-mails into a plurality of groups and generating, for each group, at least one token, thereby producing a plurality of tokens for the plurality of undesirable e-mails. The ...

07/06/06 - 20060149819 - Responding to electronic mail messages
One implementation provides a method of replying to a user electronic mail (email) message sent from a user within a system that processes incoming user email messages and delivers responses to these incoming user email messages. The method includes processing a user email message sent from a user to determine ...

07/06/06 - 20060149818 - Managing instant messaging sessions on multiple devices
Transferring instant messaging sessions includes receiving a selection, from a user within a user interface, of at least one instant messaging session from among multiple instant messaging sessions to transfer from a first instant messaging controller on a first device to at least a second instant messaging controller on a ...

07/06/06 - 20060149817 - Using collaborative annotations to specify real-time process flows and system constraints
A method of modifying an existing standard-based system using collaborative annotations can include associating an annotation with a message of the standard-based system. The message can correspond to a first service and the annotation can specify at least one of a second service. The method further can include intercepting the ...

07/06/06 - 20060149816 - Method and system for providing notification when a user becomes available for communicating
A method and system for providing notifications of changes in the presence state of contacts is provided. A notification system allows a user to specify those contacts of interest for whom the user wants to be notified when the contact enters a certain presence state. When presence information is received ...

06/29/06 - 20060143280 - Electronic mail system and method for forming electronic mail
An e-mail message is formed that includes content data. First multimedia content data is stored. A plurality of mail templates is stored, each associated with a respective one of a plurality of portions of second multimedia content data and each including a specific e-mail message format corresponding to that portion ...

06/29/06 - 20060143279 - Source-of-leakage detectable e-mail address forming, sending and detection
Provides e-mail address forming methods to know with certainty whether or not an e-mail address was leaked. A method includes: sending a receiver's identifier and a sender's identifier to a receiver's mail server; computing a value which is encrypted by the mail server with a secret key, the secret key ...

06/29/06 - 20060143278 - Method and system for distributing e-mail messages to recipients
In a data processing system (100) supporting electronic mail (e-mail) messaging, a method, apparatus and software for distributing an e-mail message from a sender mail user agent (315a) to recipients mail user agents (315b-315f). The method comprises: providing a remote directory (305), located remotely (310) with respect to the sender ...

06/29/06 - 20060143277 - Method and system for distributing e-mail messages to recipients
In a data processing system (100) supporting electronic mail (e-mail) messaging, a method, an apparatus and software for distributing an e-mail message from a sender mail user agent (315a) to recipients mail user agents (315b-315f), comprising: providing a remote directory (305) of recipients' contacts including recipients e-mail addresses, the remote ...

06/29/06 - 20060143276 - Mail list exceptions
A method and apparatus for sending messages to a list of members of a group with exceptions to one or more members of the group. In one embodiment, the method comprising creating an electronic mail (email) message having an email address corresponding to a group of email addresses and including ...

06/29/06 - 20060143275 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing metadata subscription services
Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, user devices and computer program products for providing metadata subscription services. Methods include receiving notification that an item in a repository has been modified and determining if a notification is associated with the item being modified. The notification corresponds to an address and the ...

06/29/06 - 20060143274 - Email reply consolidation
A system, method and apparatus is provided for email reply consolidation. In one embodiment, the invention is a method. The method includes grouping a set of emails into a set of conversations. Additionally, the method includes ordering the emails of a conversation of the set of conversations based on a ...

06/29/06 - 20060143273 - Operation system and method of workflow integrated with a mail platform and web applications
A system of workflow integrated with a mail platform and web applications includes a mail platform that receives an email including an application identification of the web application, a target URL corresponding to a target, and at least one recipient. The mail platform then mails a notification email including a ...

06/29/06 - 20060143272 - Electronic communications content elaboration assistant
A communications system (10). The system comprises circuitry (12) for receiving a communication. The system also comprises circuitry (16, 20), responsive to the communication, and for selectively locating elaborating information corresponding to content in the communication. The system also comprises circuitry (14) for presenting to a user a form of ...

06/29/06 - 20060143271 - Secure safe sender list
Secure safe sender lists are described. In an implementation, a method includes determining which of a plurality of hierarchical levels corresponds to a message received via a network. Each of the hierarchical level is defined by mechanisms for identifying a sender of the message. The message is routed according to ...

06/29/06 - 20060143270 - Organizer or e-mail and workflow integration
In a computer system wherein messages are transferred between participants, at least some of which are human users of the computer system using the computer system in furtherance of work projects, and wherein a workflow system handles task-based operations in a structured environment, tasks embodied in messages are handled as ...

06/22/06 - 20060136561 - System and method for providing e-mail address information using mobile phone number
A system and method for providing e-mail address information using a mobile phone number are provided. The system includes an e-mail address information providing module that stores e-mail address mapping information for variably mapping e-mail address information including one or more e-mail addresses of each of members, who are registered ...

06/22/06 - 20060136560 - Scalable message forwarding
The present invention provides a message and system forwarding messages sent to a subscriber address in a forwarding service, wherein the forwarding is done to at least one forward-to address associated with the subscriber address. The present invention maintains a record of subscriber addresses and associated forward-to addresses in a ...

06/22/06 - 20060136559 - Automated construction of print order for images capture during a session
A method and system for guiding management of digital images includes: receiving at least one captured digital image with an account identifier; creating a message to an address associated with the account identifier, where the message includes an access to a form to proceed with a specific task associated with ...

06/15/06 - 20060129649 - Server availability reporting using asynchronous e-mail message
A method and system for reporting availability of a plurality of servers. The method comprises the steps of for each of said plurality of servers, periodically searching a log file for indication of a crash or shutdown or start, computing the time said crash or shutdown or start occurred, and ...

06/15/06 - 20060129648 - Method and apparatus for encoding and storing session data
Session data is encoded in a tag-length-value format and encrypted using a modified encryption key. A session cookie is then formed by concatenating the length of the length of the secret, the length of the secret, the secret itself, and the encoded and encrypted configuration data. The session cookie is ...

06/15/06 - 20060129647 - Selective sending of portions of electronic content
A user of a handheld communication device selects in a foreground process portions of an electronic document. In a background process a new document is prepared that comprises the selected portions. The user selects the address for forwarding the new document, and the new document gets sent in a background ...

06/15/06 - 20060129646 - Method and system for providing sip based instance messaging service to mobile terminal without sip function through ip multimedia subsystem network, and instance messaging proxy server therefor
The present invention provides a method and system for providing a SIP based Instance Messaging (IM), and an IM proxy server therefor. An IM proxy server for performing a proxy function in a mobile communication network is configured to provide an IM service between a mobile terminal lacking an SIP ...

06/15/06 - 20060129645 - E-mail forms
A system and method is provided to enable an e-mail to display a Web-based form. A definition concerning an e-mail address may include form schema owned by a Web site. Alternatively, the definition may contain a link to a Web service that provides the form schema. An e-mail client may ...

06/15/06 - 20060129644 - Email filtering system and method
Systems and methods of the present invention allow filtering out spam and phishing email messages based on the links embedded into the email messages. In a preferred embodiment, an Email Filter extracts links from the email message and obtains desirability values for the links. The Email Filter may route the ...

06/15/06 - 20060129643 - Instant messaging and presence services
A mobile telephone terminal provides a user with a selectable option to transfer a telephone call to an instant messaging session and to transfer an instant messaging session to a telephone call. A presence attribute indicator for a first party is displayed, in a mobile telephone application, with an entry ...

06/08/06 - 20060123094 - Method for providing address change notification in an electronic message forwarding system
A method and system for providing address change notification in an e-mail forwarding system by providing a pre-generated e-mail address change notification to recipients selected during registration in the e-mail forwarding system. The e-mail forwarding system operating when a message is received at an e-mail forwarding computer, the message identifying ...

06/08/06 - 20060123093 - Communication system, storage device, and control device
A communication system includes a storage device having a storage area accessed in one of a page unit and a sector unit; a control device operable to request access to data in a file unit; and a predetermined transmission line for transmitting data between the storage device and the control ...

06/08/06 - 20060123092 - Architecture for general purpose trusted personal access system and methods therefor
A method for effecting the execution of an application function on an application server from a client device, the client device being coupled to a proxy server, the proxy server being further coupled to the application server that executes an application implementing the application function, is disclosed. The method includes ...

06/08/06 - 20060123091 - Method for receiving and classifying normal e-mail and advertising e-mail
A method for receiving and classifying normal e-mail and advertising e-mail is designed to establish a harmony relationship between the advertising-mail sender and the e-mail user, the method comprises: setting up a “normal inbox” and a “advertising inbox” in a mail-receiving-and-sending software for receiving the normal e-mail and the advertising ...

06/08/06 - 20060123090 - System and method for automatically checking an electronic document for at least one attachment
Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for automatically checking an electronic document for at least one attachment. In one embodiment, a search protocol is provided for automatically searching an electronic document for at least one attachment term. Furthermore, an attachment protocol is provided. The attachment protocol is ...

06/08/06 - 20060123089 - Formulating and sending a message by a personal messaging device
Means and method are for sending a wireless message (620) by a personal messaging device (2000) using a message template (305, 400, 500) that is formed by user input. A static component (405), dynamic component (410, 510), and trigger condition (415) of a message template are specified by user input ...

06/08/06 - 20060123088 - System and method for replicating offline scheduling transactions from a client to a server
A facility for replicating offline scheduling transactions directed to a server is provided. The facility is implemented as a client-side application that integrates with and utilizes components of a store-and-forward application, which is operable to execute on a client to guarantee that transactions submitted on the client are replicated and ...

06/08/06 - 20060123087 - Email storage format including partially ordered logs of updates to email message attributes
Email messages are stored without organization; the email messages are not stored in folders, and are otherwise not organized for storage purposes. The messages each have attributes, such as the folder in which they are to be displayed. The messages are organized, such as in folders, just for display purposes—the ...

06/08/06 - 20060123086 - System and method for sending an image from a communication device
A system and method for sending an image are described. An exemplary system includes a communication device having an image capture device is configured to capture the image. A memory is coupled to the image capture device and is configured to maintain an address book having an address of a ...

06/08/06 - 20060123085 - Method and apparatus for efficiently managing messages sent file and resending of messages from mobile wireless communication device
An enhanced email system incorporating mobile wireless communication devices includes program logic for efficiently managing (i.e., at least partially synchronizing) “messages sent” files in the mobile device and in a related message server. The exemplary program logic also more efficiently handles resending of previously sent email messages from the mobile ...

06/08/06 - 20060123084 - Method and system for automatically providing notifications regarding interesting content from shared sources based on important persons and important sources for a user
A system for automatically providing notifications to a user regarding interesting content, which automatically collects information regarding persons that are important to the user, as well as indications of important content sources. The important content sources are then monitored for actions performed by one of the important persons for the ...

06/08/06 - 20060123083 - Adaptive spam message detector
Electronic content is filtered to identify spam using image and linguistic processing. A plurality of information type gatherers assimilate and output different message attributes relating to message content associated with an information type. A categorizer may have a plurality of decision makers for providing as output a message class for ...

06/01/06 - 20060117088 - Network processor system
The present invention consists of a general purpose, software-controlled central processor (CP) augmented by a set of task specific, specialized peripheral processors (PPs). The central processor accomplishes its functions with the support of the PPs. Peripheral processors may include but are not limited to a packet parser, which provides the ...

06/01/06 - 20060117087 - Controlling instant messaging settings based on calendar application entries
A method for adjusting an instant messaging control mechanism can include the steps of determining a control setting for an instant messaging control mechanism based upon a calendar application entry, and responsive to the determining step, automatically adjusting the instant messaging control mechanism to the control setting. In one embodiment, ...

05/25/06 - 20060112167 - Method and apparatus for providing content to media devices
A method and apparatus for providing rich content to media devices are disclosed. Information content is converted at a content provider system for transmission to a media device over a wireless communication network. The converted content is processed by a media engine on the media device. The content is preferable ...

05/25/06 - 20060112166 - System and method for disaster recovery and management of an email system
The present invention provides an improved system and method for disaster recovery and management of an email system. The system includes a deferral monitor that detects when a failure occurs in a client's email system, and a mailbox creation process and automatically creates mailbox accounts for the affected domains that ...

05/25/06 - 20060112165 - System and method for verifying delivery and integrity of electronic messages
A first party (e.g. educational testing service) provides through the internet to a control server information (e.g. test server) relating to a second party (e.g. a student taking tests prepared by the service). The server provides and may store a verification (e.g. an encrypted digital signature) of, but does not ...

05/18/06 - 20060106914 - Time decayed dynamic e-mail address
Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture provide e-mail from a user with a primary e-mail address. A temporary e-mail address is generated. The temporary e-mail address is associated with a time decay attribute and the primary e-mail address. The e-mail is sent using the temporary e-mail ...

05/11/06 - 20060101125 - Method and system for diagnosis and control of machines using connectionless modes having delivery monitoring and an alternate communication mode
A method and system for retransmitting messages using an alternate mode of communication when an original mode of communication is determined to be unsuccessful. A message is first transmitted using a connectionless-mode of communication such as by using an Internet electronic mail message. A request for acknowledgment of receipt of ...

05/11/06 - 20060101124 - Method and apparatus for mass email transmission
A method for mass email transmission in a client-server environment is provided that includes preparing and sending at least one email content by a client computer over a protocol not traditionally designed for email transmission that is received by a bulk emailing server computer using the non-email protocol. The bulk ...

05/11/06 - 20060101123 - Methods and systems for selecting criteria for a successful acknowledgement message in instant messaging
Methods and systems are described for permitting a user to specify the criteria for determining the success or failure of the transmission of an instant message. A computer system first identifies the user specified criteria. When the server computer system receives an instant message, the computer system determines whether the ...

05/11/06 - 20060101122 - Cell-phone terminal device, mail processing method, and program
The mail application prepares and transmits a mail of the multi-part format comprising a main mail text, any or both of an HTML part permitting image pasting into the main mail text and a text part comprising only a main mail text, and a selective attached file permitting image attachment. ...

05/11/06 - 20060101121 - Stamped email system deploying digital postage
An email postal system and method for acquiring, attaching, authenticating, and managing digital postage for use in conjunction with electronic mail (email) messages. The preferred embodiment teaches the use of a postage database used in conjunction with a digital stamp generator capable of generating branded digital stamps on demand. Methodologies ...

05/11/06 - 20060101120 - Email anti-phishing inspector
An application and system for inspecting an email message to determine if the email message is being used in a phishing ploy. When an email recipient receives an email message, the email message is sent to an EScam server for inspection. During its inspection, the EScam server considers various criteria, ...

05/11/06 - 20060101119 - Integrated electronic mail and instant messaging application
An application providing a common interface allowing access and login to a electronic mail system and instant messaging system. The application allows responding to an email using an instant message, replying to an instant message using an email, sending and receiving both email and instant messages from one application, sending ...

05/11/06 - 20060101118 - Electronic mail delivery system
A transmitting apparatus transmits its own identification information to a terminal station and controls the terminal station to transmit to a relay apparatus a delivery permission registration request including the identification information and the email address of the user of the terminal station. On receiving the delivery permission registration request, ...

05/11/06 - 20060101117 - Electronic mail distribution method, communications terminal, and server device
Mobile phone 100-1 adds information that indicates the extensions of attachment files the user desires to obtain to an HTTP request for obtaining e-mail, and sends the HTTP request to a mail server 400. When mail server 400 receives the HTTP request, it compares the files attached to the e-mail ...

05/04/06 - 20060095530 - Server-based message protocol translation
A system and method are presented in which a plurality of transport protocol objects (TPOs) are instantiated at a server. In one embodiment, each of the plurality of TPOs is adapted to provide a translation between a first IM protocol and a different IM protocol. ...

05/04/06 - 20060095529 - Scalable notification delivery service
A notification service that efficiently scales to the number and variety of notifications and users being serviced. The notification service is separated into three general functional components. A listener component receives a notification in a network format suitable for transmitting the notification over a network. The listener component translates the ...

05/04/06 - 20060095528 - Methods and systems for achieving and verification of electronic communications
A method and system for archiving and/or verifying electronic communications. The method and system provide verification of an email sent by a sender to a recipient, comprising receiving a copy of an email as an addressee; indexing the email according to at least one of sender, recipient, date, or subject ...

05/04/06 - 20060095527 - Method and apparatus for minimzing storage of common attachment files in an e-mail communications server
The present invention provides an e-mail communications system that minimizes the number of duplicate copies of common attachment files to e-mail communications that are stored in the mail store of an e-mail server. When the e-mail server receives an e-mail attachment file that is larger than a threshold size, the ...

05/04/06 - 20060095526 - Internet server access control and monitoring systems
This invention relates to methods for controlling and monitoring access to network servers. In particular, the process described in the invention includes client-server sessions over the Internet. In this environment, when the user attempts to access an access-controlled file, the server subjects the request to a secondary server which determines ...

05/04/06 - 20060095525 - System and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device
A system and method of pushing user-selected data items from a host system to a user's mobile data communication device upon detecting the occurrence of one or more user-defined event triggers is provided. The user may then move (or file) the data items to a particular folder within a folder ...

05/04/06 - 20060095524 - System, method, and computer program product for filtering messages
The present invention provides systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and subcombinations thereof for filtering received messages. The invention includes a client system having filtering logic, a statistical classifier module, and a classifier database. The classifier module is automatically trained, without manual intervention, when the score generated by the ...

05/04/06 - 20060095523 - System and method for sending messages into a communications network by electronic mail, based on the use of a send filter
The present invention relates to a system and a method for sending messages into a communications network by electronic messaging, based on the use of a send filter. As the communications network 1 includes an access server 2 used by a sender terminal 3 for connecting to this network 1 ...

05/04/06 - 20060095522 - Mixed massaging mode for multiple points of presence
A facility for providing an IM mixed mode operation by utilizing both page mode IM and session based IM jointly in the same IM conversation is provided. The facility initiates an IM conversation between an originating user registered at an originating device and a remote user registered at a plurality ...

05/04/06 - 20060095521 - Method, apparatus, and system for clustering and classification
The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for classification and clustering electronic data streams such as email, images and sound files for identification, sorting and efficient storage. The inventive systems disclose labeling a document as belonging to a predefined class though computer methods that comprise the steps of identifying ...

05/04/06 - 20060095520 - Method and apparatus for managing computer systmes in multiple remote devices
A method and apparatus are provided for tracking compliance on multiple computer systems. A central database maintains compliance information on each of the multiple computer systems. Security notification messages are received and stored in the central database, each of the security notification messages including update information. A notice generator is ...

05/04/06 - 20060095519 - Method and apparatus for manager/agent communications
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for programmatic communications via an instant messaging network. A connection is established to the instant messaging network. A script is received though the connection. The script is then executed. ...

05/04/06 - 20060095518 - Software application for modular sensor network node
A software application enables communication among a plurality of modules in a modular sensor network node. The modular sensor node senses a parameter from the surrounding environment and generates data representative of the sensed parameter. The software application resides in each of the plurality of modules and includes program codes ...

05/04/06 - 20060095517 - Wide area wireless messaging system
A method and apparatus for improved handling of messages transmitted over a plurality of wireless and wired networks. Electronic mail transmitted by a mail source via an internet connection is received by a server that is operably connected to an intranet that is protected by a firewall. The server adds ...

04/27/06 - 20060089972 - Method and apparatus for configuring electronic mail according to a user-selected type
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for reminding a user to include an e-mail attachment file with an e-mail communication. The e-mail application is configured to provide a menu of different types of e-mail for the user to select, and to provide templates that require the ...

04/27/06 - 20060089971 - Instant message contact router
A method and apparatus are provided for processing an instant message within a system having a plurality agents for handling the instant message. The method includes the step of a buffer sever detecting an arrival of the instant message. The method also includes the steps of sending the instant message ...

04/27/06 - 20060089970 - Enforcing rights mangement through edge email servers
The present invention provides for methods, systems, and computer program products for ensuring that sensitive subject matter within electronic messages is not inappropriately transferred between domains with differing security rights. The present invention utilizes the appropriate placement of message transfer agents or servers along with policy documents that include configurable ...

04/20/06 - 20060085514 - Efficiently sending event notifications over a computer network
A method for efficiently sending notifications over a network. A client system requests to be notified when an event occurs. A server system receives the requests and monitors for the occurrence of the event. When the event occurs a single packet using a connectionless protocol (such as User Datagram Protocol) ...

04/20/06 - 20060085513 - Method and apparatus for configuring electronic mail for delivery of electronic services
An event manager is disclosed for sending services through an email communication. The event manager provides a template through which a user may select an available service that he wishes to send as an attachment to an email. The event manager enables the user to attach electronic services such as ...

04/20/06 - 20060085512 - Service designer solution
In one embodiment, a system and method are provided that allows easy integration of an existing third-party information or services management system into a services platform such as a Platform without requiring actual compiled code to be written. In addition, in one embodiment, the system and method allow developers to ...

04/20/06 - 20060085511 - Data sending/receiving method and apparatus, data receiving apparatus and data sending apparatus
A sending receiving method for data, such as musical data, in which plural data stored in a first storage unit are retrieved based on the request information sent from a host side device. The retrieved data is sent to a terminal side device. The sent data is checked to see ...

04/20/06 - 20060085510 - Data sending/receiving method and apparatus, data receiving apparatus and data sending apparatus
A sending receiving method for data, such as musical data, in which plural data stored in a first storage unit are retrieved based on the request information sent from a host side device. The retrieved data is sent to a terminal side device. The sent data is checked to see ...

04/20/06 - 20060085509 - Server based constraint of mail folder content through filters
The present invention provides a way to allow the user to restrict message sets per folder. The invention allows a mail client to offload the burden of automatically constraining the mail content seen at the mobile device. The constraints are fully configurable and manageable by the client at a per ...

04/20/06 - 20060085508 - E-mail communication apparatus, attached-file updating apparatus, e-mail communication method, attached-file updating method, and e-mail communication program
An E-mail communication apparatus that edits files attached to an E-mail and transmits the E-mail. The apparatus comprises a mail generating unit, a temporary-file generating unit, a temporary-file editing unit, an attached-file updating unit, and a transmitting unit. The mail generating unit generates a mail which is to be transmitted ...

04/20/06 - 20060085507 - Subscription propagation in a high performance highly available content-based publish/subscribe system
The present invention is directed to a publish/subscribe system containing a plurality of brokers, a plurality of subscribers and plurality of brokers including publisher connecting brokers, intermediate brokers and subscriber connecting brokers. Subscriptions are introduced into the system by the subscribers through associated subscription brokers. New subscriptions are aggregated, assigned ...

04/20/06 - 20060085506 - Controlling receipt of undesired electronic mail
Spam and other unwanted electronic-mail may be controlled by a system in which a given external message transfer agent using a given Internet protocol address and a given domain name is limited in the number of connections that it may make and the number of messages it may deliver over ...

04/20/06 - 20060085505 - Validating inbound messages
A system and method for verifying messages. The method may include the steps of receiving an inbound message and characterizing the inbound message by analyzing a latent cryptographic identifier in the inbound message. The identifier is generated by a recognized message system, which may be the receiving system itself, for ...

04/20/06 - 20060085504 - A global electronic mail classification system
A global email classification system enables email messages to be classified based on various factors into many categories. The global email classification system includes email classification servers, email classification clients, and other components. Personal email messages are in a special category. This invention includes a method to classify email messages ...

04/20/06 - 20060085503 - Data communications system using e-mail tunnelling
This invention is generally concerned with data communications systems, more particularly systems for communicating between two software processes through an intervening firewall. A method of communicating data through a firewall, from a first software process on a first machine to a second software process on a second machine, the method ...

04/13/06 - 20060080396 - Electronic mail charging system and electronic mail charging method
In the present invention, processing for a service such as reducing the charges placed on electronic mail transmitted and received within a predetermined group is performed efficiently. An electronic mail charging system comprises: a user database storing information specifying a mobile communication terminal in association with the group ID of ...

04/13/06 - 20060080395 - System and method for granting deposit-contingent e-mailing rights
An Email guarantee deposit method, system, and program product, with the method comprising in one embodiment, the steps of: receiving from a sender a request to send to a recipient an Email; receiving a deposit or an authorization to obtain a deposit of something of value; sending the Email to ...

04/13/06 - 20060080394 - Web service broadcast engine
A system, computer architecture, and method of enabling asynchronous callback and broadcast notification between a server and a client software application in a network, wherein the method comprises processing computer logic instructions in the network; requesting a notification of a completion of the processing of the computer logic instructions; storing ...

04/13/06 - 20060080393 - Method for using e-mail documents to create and update address lists
A method for generating address lists from documents, which include e-mail address, stored on a computing device is provided. The method describes mapping at least one e-mail address from the documents to the address list. The mapped address list may be updated by its inclusion as one of the input ...

04/13/06 - 20060080392 - Server system, message communication method, and program
A message can be efficiently communicated by using a location accessed, in a virtual world embodied in a network by a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, as a trigger. By recording a message which is desired to be sent to a friend registered in a message record table ...

04/06/06 - 20060075056 - System, method and apparatus for communicating via instant messaging
A system, method and apparatus for facilitating communication among a number of distributed clients in a distributed network is disclosed. A user, such as through a personal digital assistant device, may select one or more instant messages for transmission to one or more other users in the network. The instant ...

04/06/06 - 20060075055 - System and method for integration of instant messaging and virtual environment clients
A system and method for integration of instant messaging and virtual environment clients. Users of instant messaging clients can participate in channel-based or conference-call-like conversations with multiple users simultaneously, without compromising the ease of use typically associated with those clients. The system allows for the integration of avatars and virtual ...

04/06/06 - 20060075054 - Method and system for implementing instant communication of images through instant messaging tool
A method and a system thereof for implementing instant communication of images through instant messenger are provided in the present invention, image data processing module is added in the instant messenger, which is used to acquire image data and transit the acquired data into object data, then the object data ...

04/06/06 - 20060075053 - Method for representing virtual image on instant messaging tools
The present invention discloses a method for representing avatar on Instant Messenger, which comprises the following steps: step A: Instant Messenger sends a request for obtaining avatar to avatar picture server; step B: according to the received request for obtaining avatar, avatar picture server obtains corresponding avatar picture from avatar ...

04/06/06 - 20060075052 - Platform for intelligent email distribution
An Email filtering system is disclosed which comprises: a user interface module is mounted on a server and allows access by one or more end-users; a database module containing one or more configuration options relating to the end-users, and which is connected to the interface and allows configuration options to ...

04/06/06 - 20060075051 - Topology for journaling e-mail messages and journaling e-mail messages for policy compliance
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for e-mail envelope journaling. A server determines that an entity's (e.g., a recipient revealed form an expanded distribution list) home mailbox store has envelope journaling enabled and specifies a journaling mailbox address. The server sets a journaling property in ...

04/06/06 - 20060075050 - Business card exchange system
When a PC receives an electronic business card from other PCs in a business card exchange system, the PC stores the electronic business card in a database and stores personal information described in the electronic business card in a directory by a manual instruction. The directory is linked to a ...

04/06/06 - 20060075049 - Program product enabling effective use of computer storage area
A program product, which cooperates with an e-mail program having a function of forming an e-mail with an application program data attached, causes a computer to execute the steps of: storing an edition data processed by an application program in a storage unit of the computer; passing information for forming ...

04/06/06 - 20060075048 - Method and system for identifying and blocking spam email messages at an inspecting point
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for identifying and blocking spam email messages at an inspecting point, the method comprises the steps of: measuring the flow rate of email messages sent from an originator through the inspecting point; and if the measured flow rate exceeds ...

04/06/06 - 20060075047 - Electronic file delivery device and delivery method
In delivering various types of electronic files to a recipient specified by a sender, even after the operation of transmission is done, the transmission can be confirmed again before the electronic file is received by the recipient so as to securely cancel the delivery if necessary. When a delivery device ...

04/06/06 - 20060075046 - Method and computer-readable medium for navigating between attachments to electronic mail messages
A method and computer-readable medium are provided for navigation between attachments to electronic mail messages. According to the method, a list of e-mail messages is displayed that includes header information associated with each of the messages. When one of the messages in the list is selected, a determination is made ...

04/06/06 - 20060075045 - Securely extending data processing pipeline functionality
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for securely and efficiently extending data processing pipeline functionality. Data processing agents register, potentially based solely on configuration data contained in the data processing agents, to manipulate data of a data processing pipeline. Configuration data can identify a specified ...

04/06/06 - 20060075044 - System and method for electronic contact list-based search and display
A request for communications information associated with an entry in a contact list of a computer user is received at a server computer. The request is generated in response to a request for contact information for the entry. The entry is associated with a party. At least a subset of ...

04/06/06 - 20060075043 - On demand email response
An improvement to an electronic mail program is disclosed. In particular, the improved electronic mail program enables a user to mark individual action items within a message and set attributes for each action item. In the preferred embodiment, attributes include priority, deadline, abstract, and responsibility. The electronic mail program stores ...

04/06/06 - 20060075042 - Extensible resource messaging between user applications and network elements in a communication network
Extensible resource messaging in a communication network is provided through creation of a flexible, extensible, and secure messaging environment. A client-server architecture may be implemented in which user applications employ messaging clients to send resource requests for network information, allocation and other operations and receive resource responses, and in which ...

04/06/06 - 20060075041 - Systems and methods for detection and removal of metadata and hidden information in files
Systems and methods for detecting and removing metadata and hidden information from a file. A system can include a review module to identify metadata and hidden information, and a scrubber module for removing the metadata and hidden information from the file. The scrubber module can remove the metadata and hidden ...

04/06/06 - 20060075040 - Message thread handling
Described are techniques and mechanisms for easily allowing a user to unsubscribe (“opt out”) from receiving subsequent messages in a particular message thread. Generally stated, a component maintains information about a message thread that a user has indicated a desire to opt out of. The information includes identifying information about ...

04/06/06 - 20060075039 - System and method for supporting instant messaging in disconnected modes
A method, system, and computer program for a) buffering instant messages to an intended recipient while the recipient is currently not logged on to an instant messaging system, and b) delivering buffered messages to the intended recipient after the recipient connects the instant messaging system. Thus, users are enabled to ...

04/06/06 - 20060075038 - Method and apparatus for automatically setting out of office greetings
A telecommunications method includes setting a media server greeting automatically responsive to detection of a change in setting of an e-mail system default message. The e-mail system default message may be an “out of office” outgoing message. The media server greeting may be a voice greeting. ...

04/06/06 - 20060075037 - Portal for managing communications of a client over a network
Methods and systems for managing communications of at least one user, e.g., a client, over a network, e.g., the Internet, are provided. The methods and systems of the present disclosure are implemented via a portal web site running on an appropriate computing platform, e.g., a portal server. The portal will ...

04/06/06 - 20060075036 - Automatic electronic publishing
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for publishing an electronic document. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. A distribution module retrieves a distribution list identifying at least one user that is to be notified about the publication ...

04/06/06 - 20060075035 - Email customization techniques and systems
An automated email system configured to perform an email task with respect to a recipient on behalf of an application. The email system includes a recipient data engine configured to obtain specific recipient data pertaining to the recipient responsive to a request from the application to perform the email task. ...

04/06/06 - 20060075034 - Method and apparatus for creating and storing personal information relating to earth shaking events
An apparatus and method for creating, storing, retrieving and sharing personal information relating to earth shaking events (ESE). Upon receiving notice of an ESE, a user device may create an ESE data set by creating a name/description, creating metadata and collecting information relating to the event. The parameters of the ...

04/06/06 - 20060075033 - Method and system for creating and sending electronic mail having multi-media files
A method and system for creating and sending electronic mail messages having multi-media files. The method and system include creating the multi-media file in an email application used to create an email message without having to exit the email application. The multi-media file is added to the email message and ...

04/06/06 - 20060075032 - Envelope e-mail journaling with best effort recipient updates
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for e-mail envelope journaling. A server determines that an entity's (e.g., a recipient revealed form an expanded distribution list) home mailbox store has envelope journaling enabled and specifies a journaling mailbox address. The server sets a journaling property in ...

04/06/06 - 20060075031 - Bounce management
The present invention provides a method and system for managing incoming potential bounce messages with user-created rules. Bounces that are not recognized by the SMTP may be identified and follow-up actions for these bounces may be performed. A user can create rules for analyzing an incoming message to determine whether ...

04/06/06 - 20060075030 - Self-tuning statistical method and system for blocking spam
A system is provided for detecting unsolicited bulk email (spam). A list server receives email from various senders as well as queries regarding the senders. A database is used for storing information corresponding to the amount of unsolicited bulk email received at the spamtrap addresses. The list server dynamically makes ...

04/06/06 - 20060075029 - System and method for client based instant messenger queue limit
A system and method that limits the number of concurrent instant messaging sessions at a given time is provided. The system and method allows a user to configure the number of instant messaging sessions that are allowed at a given time. When a new request for an instant messaging session ...

04/06/06 - 20060075028 - User interface and anti-phishing functions for an anti-spam micropayments system
A protocol for protected email transmission using micropayments and a segregated inbox in which protected emails are displayed. The protocol also involves authentication of the sender to defeat phishers and an opt out protocol which can be used to block protected emails from sources from which the user no longer ...

04/06/06 - 20060075027 - User interface and anti-phishing functions for an anti-spam micropayments system
A protocol for protected email transmission using micropayments and a segregated inbox in which protected emails are displayed. The protocol also involves authentication of the sender to defeat phishers and an opt out protocol which can be used to block protected emails from sources from which the user no longer ...

04/06/06 - 20060075026 - Contents and information providing service system for using a code, user terminal, communication agency platform, operating agency platform, on-line relation member module, and the method from the same
Disclosed is a platform for providing users with a variety of contents and information of on-line/off-line interested party using barcode, method for providing contents using the platform, and a billing system and method therefor. A system for providing wired/wireless contents and information using codes includes a communication entity platform for ...

04/06/06 - 20060075025 - System and method for data tracking and management
In one embodiment of the present invention's a system for tracking and managing data over a computer network including a plurality of application computers each operating a computer software application program is provided, comprising a key master (106, 108); a system startup module (100) connected to the key master (106, ...

03/30/06 - 20060069733 - Detection and removal of information in files
A computer system includes an application programmed to create a document, and a component including at least one internal module programmed to examine and modify the document to remove hidden information or metadata. The computer system also includes a communications interface for an external module programmed to examine and modify ...

03/30/06 - 20060069732 - Systems and methods to rank electronic messages and detect spammer probe accounts
We show how to compute useful and robust metrics for a Bulk Message Envelope. These metrics are based on whether recipients of messages read them, and if so, whether they click on any links in those messages, or perform other allowed actions, and optionally the time order in which they ...

03/30/06 - 20060069731 - Sender address setting when generating return mail
A standard mail address is assigned to each user who uses mail exchange service provided by a mail server. Each user can also have an extended mail address including a character name used in a network game provided by a game server. The extended mail address can be changed/deleted by ...

03/30/06 - 20060069730 - Public relations communication methods and systems
An arrangement for distributing information from Information Providers (IP) to Information Recipients (IR) that utilizes the email system and the Internet to communicate with popular hardware devices—computers, PDAs, cellular phones, etc. IRs receive information anonymously and only the information desired. IPs do not need to “spam” the world in the ...

03/30/06 - 20060069729 - Alert for interactive users of msn messenger
A method and a device for alerting MSN message transmission are provided. An alert software is activated immediately after the user activates and logs in the MSN real-time messenger. The software then performs the confirmation of on-line status, and enters the computer system into a standby mode for alert. When ...

03/30/06 - 20060069728 - System and process for transforming a style of a message
Systems and processes are provided for transforming a style of a message. A processor is configured to facilitate determining a message (111) to be transmitted. Further, the message processor can facilitate selecting one or more styles responsive to a determination of a context (113) associated with the message; and can ...

03/30/06 - 20060069727 - System and method for synchronizing between an instant messenger client and a central contact store
Contacts and associated presence information for contacts of an instant messenger (IM) application are synchronized with a centralized contact store within a file system of a computing device. Contacts are added, deleted, and changed that correspond to the IM application. Furthermore, the presence information of the contacts also change. These ...

03/23/06 - 20060064464 - Reliable messaging using clocks with synchronized rates
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for reliable messaging using clocks with synchronized rates. Embodiments of the present invention insure at-most-once delivery of messages. A source and a destination utilize clocks with synchronized rates. Messages are assigned Time-To-Live (“TTL”) values such that state information is ...

03/23/06 - 20060064463 - Approach to provide self-protection function to web content at client side
The present invention utilizes agents embedded in content delivered to clients across a network to provide client-side security for the data delivered to a client. These embedded agents provide application-specific protection for the delivered content in which they are embedded and eliminate the need for using plug-ins for security functions. ...

03/23/06 - 20060064462 - Method and apparatus for fast delivery of mail by message transceiver
A method and an apparatus for fast delivering an electronic mail via a message transceiver, such as cellular phones, personal data assistants and remote controls connected to a network. By pressing a shortcut key in electrical connection with an internal circuit of the message transceiver, the e-mail window is opened ...

03/16/06 - 20060059239 - Electronic messaging system with intelligent polling
A messaging system is disclosed that provides dynamic polling of a message server for use in a stateless communication system. The polling interval may be determined by a user, or it may be determined based on current message activity or on statistics derived from historical message activity. Application-to-application, as well ...

03/16/06 - 20060059238 - Monitoring the flow of messages received at a server
An approach for monitoring electronic messages received at a server is disclosed. Message information for a plurality of electronic messages received at the server: is determined and stored in a queue. Based on the queue, aggregate information is generated for a particular network address of a plurality of network addresses. ...

03/16/06 - 20060059237 - Dynamic integration of application input and output in an instant messaging/chat session
A method, system and apparatus for integrating dynamic application input and output in an instant messaging/chat system. In this regard, a method for integrating dynamically produced application input and output into instant messaging/chat content in an established instant messaging/chat session can include receiving application input from a remote instant messaging/chat ...

03/16/06 - 20060059236 - Instant messaging with audio
Instant messaging with audio is described. In an implementation, a method includes receiving an input during an instant messaging session indicating a selection of at least one of a plurality of audio items from an audio menu. The plurality of audio items is taken from a content item. An output ...

03/16/06 - 20060059235 - System and method for multi-threaded discussion within a single instant messenger pane
A system and method that allows multiple threads, or topics, to be managed and displayed within a single instant messaging session is provided. When an instant messaging session commences, an initial, or first, thread commences to which both parties to the instant messaging session can add comments. Two input areas ...

03/16/06 - 20060059234 - Automated messaging tool
A system and method for an automatic messaging system which automatically sends emails or pages to groups of people with specific data from a database. Other messaging tools may be utilized. The data source that provides information may be any ODBC compliant data source including standard DBMS (SQL Server, Oracle, ...

03/16/06 - 20060059233 - Media data transmission apparatus and media data reception apparatus
In the present invention, content is comprised of a plurality of items of data, and a transmission cycle and others of data composing the content are varied corresponding to the importance and/or necessity and purpose of the data. In this way, for example, it is possible to set a shorter ...

03/16/06 - 20060059232 - Message transmission/reception system and method
In a mobile terminal (1), upon completion of the preparation of a transmission message in a message preparation unit (13), a position information appending unit (12) uses a position-acquisition unit (11) to begin acquisition of its position and thus acquires information of the current position of the mobile terminal (1). ...

03/16/06 - 20060059231 - Information acquiring device and information providing device
An information acquiring device and an information providing device used for a pull-type data distribution service is connected to an e-mail server and an information server on a network to receive an e-mail from the e-mail server through the network to acquire data, analyzes the data of the acquired received ...

03/16/06 - 20060059230 - System and method for transferring data between applications
A method of transferring data between applications, wherein at least one datum relating to a subject is published by a first application over a transport infrastructure; and the published at least one datum is provided in accordance with a delivery protocol to a second application that has previously subscribed to ...

03/09/06 - 20060053208 - Group details of group services
A server for a communication system is disclosed. The server is configured to receive group communication information comprising a group detail indicator. The group detail indicator provides information on at least an identity of a group and a type of the group. The server is further configured to store the ...

03/09/06 - 20060053207 - Data sharing sequence display method and corresponding sharing device
The present invention discloses a method of displaying a sequence for sharing digital data items with a set of recipients using a terminal capable of using at least two communication modes for communicating with the recipients. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a first list of recipients communicating with ...

03/09/06 - 20060053206 - Email multicasting device
The present invention provides an email multicasting device which changes a distribution interval of emails dynamically in accordance with the number of emails to be multicast. The email multicasting device pre-stores on a client basis, mobile numbers of users which are destinations of an email. The email multicasting device, when ...

03/09/06 - 20060053205 - Method and device for distinguishing user http requests
The invention relates to a method for distinguishing an HTTP request sent over a telecommunications network from a client device equipped with a browser to a Web server, characterised in that the HTTP request is marked when said request is sent explicitly by the user. Thus, the invention makes it ...

03/09/06 - 20060053204 - Presenting and manipulating electronic mail conversations
The present invention extends to methods, systems, data structures, and computer program products for organizing electronic mail messages into conversations. Electronic mail conversation items store attribute values representing attributes of corresponding electronic mail conversations and included electronic mail messages. Attributes of an electronic mail conversation can be changed by changing ...

03/09/06 - 20060053203 - Method for the filtering of messages in a communication network
The invention relates to a method for the filtering of messages in a communication network comprising at least a messaging server and a wireless node. In the method first filtering criteria is stored in the messaging server. A first message is received in the messaging server. It is determined whether ...

03/09/06 - 20060053202 - Method and system implementing secure email
This method and system was developed to reduce the email spam and viruses embedded in the attachment and to provide a more secure method to deliver email messages. In addition, the internet link in the email message will be verified to eliminate email fraud. Using this implementation, email messages never ...

03/09/06 - 20060053201 - E-mail service provider method and apparatus
An e-mail service provider method and apparatus provide means for individuals to register with a service that provides e-mail addresses that correspond to their vehicle license plate characters. Registered users will make their e-mail addresses available to those observing their vehicles. The service provider also furnishes indicia for attachment to ...

03/09/06 - 20060053200 - Electronic mail metadata generation and management
Electronic mail is archived and retrieved based on metadata generated by the client sending the electronic mail. The metadata is generated based on variable metadata generation policies distributed to each client. The metadata generation policies are executed in each client in conjunction with each electronic mail sent from the client. ...

03/09/06 - 20060053199 - Displaying monitored information in an email response management system
One implementation provides a method to provide a display of electronic mail (email) message volume information in a graphical user interface (GUI) within a system that receives incoming email messages. The method includes providing first email message volume information for display in the GUI, the first email message volume information ...

03/09/06 - 20060053198 - Configuring monitored information in an email response management system
One implementation provides a method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a user to customize processing of incoming electronic mail (email) messages. This method is performed in a system that receives incoming email messages and manages events that may alter statuses of these messages. The method includes ...

03/09/06 - 20060053197 - Multimedia message service apparatus
With the object of making it possible to generate international multimedia message calls, an MMSC 11 determines from the destination MSISDN of the header of a multimedia message that the call is an international transmission and, at the same time, determines whether or not the forwarding destination supports number portability, ...

03/02/06 - 20060047767 - Unified messaging system using web based application server for management of messages using standardized servers
A unified web-based voice messaging system uses an application server, configured for executing a voice application defined by XML documents, that accesses subscriber attributes from a standardized information database server (such as LDAP), and messages from a standardized messaging server (such as IMAP), regardless of message format. The application server, ...

03/02/06 - 20060047766 - Controlling transmission of email
Techniques are disclosed for controlling the transmission of undesired bulk email by, for example, authenticating and classifying sender email addresses and aggregating recipient feedback to provide to participating senders. For example, senders may be separated into two classes—real people and bulk emailers. Senders may be authenticated in different ways depending ...

03/02/06 - 20060047765 - Electronic mail communication system, electronic mail communication apparatus, electronic mail communication method, and storage medium storing electronic mail processing program
An electronic mail communication system for sending an electronic mail from a sending side communication apparatus to a reception side communication apparatus through a network, in which the sending side communication apparatus includes: a processing instruction unit that instructs a content of processing of the attached file to be performed ...

03/02/06 - 20060047764 - Data processing methods, systems and computer programs
Methods, systems and computer programs are provided for processing data in a web service environment. In accordance with one embodiment, a data processing method is provided that comprises: entering data values into respective data entry fields of an electronic data entry form of a first computer; entering an identifier of ...

03/02/06 - 20060047763 - Rapid email reading system and method of combining multiple electronic mailboxes and a short message
An email reading system and method of combining multiple electronic mailboxes and a short message, which has at least one Internet mail server, an Internet message gateway and at least one handheld device. The message gateway applies the POP3 protocol for sending a command of processing email to the mail ...

03/02/06 - 20060047762 - Method of generating a certified email return receipt
A method of generating a certified email return receipt is provided. The method includes receiving an email requiring a certified email return receipt in a locked condition, prompting a person attempting to open the email to enter certified email return receipt information, collecting the certified email return receipt information entered ...

03/02/06 - 20060047761 - Mechanism to support transparent roaming between imp service providers in wireless networks
The instant messaging and presence (IMP) protocol implementations are swapped in and out as a client application roams among various service provider networks. The IMP API, and hence the IMP application, remains unchanged. Moreover, the IMP application continues to operate seamlessly and transparently. When the client application roams and a ...

03/02/06 - 20060047760 - Apparatus and method to identify spam emails
A method and apparatus to identity SPAM emails is disclosed. The method sets a misspelling rejection ratio. Upon receipt of an email comprising (X) words, the method determines the number (Y) of misspelled words comprising that email. The method then calculates a misspelling ratio by dividing (Y) by (X), and ...

03/02/06 - 20060047759 - Message delivery to multiple forests with no unified directory
The present invention provides for a messaging system that automatically identifies a forest that corresponds to a particular recipient of a message, without using a common or unified directory that maps forests with recipients. In a network with multiple forests, each forest having multiple recipients, when a message is received ...

03/02/06 - 20060047758 - Extending and optimizing electronic messaging rules
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for extending and optimizing electronic messaging rules. A messaging module automatically generates intermediate language instructions that represent messaging rules. The intermediate language instructions are decompiled into corresponding source code and modified to extend the functionality of the messaging rules. ...

03/02/06 - 20060047757 - Flexible context management for enumeration sessions using context exchange
Mechanisms for providing requested date items in a request-driven enumeration session while retaining to control over how much inter-message context information is retained by the data provider. Upon receiving a request for the data items, the data provider identifies a portion of the data items to be provided in the ...

03/02/06 - 20060047756 - Method and apparatus for indicating truncated email information in email synchronization
A method by which an email synchronization server (11) communicates to an email synchronization client (12) that an email being provided to the client (12) by the server (11) during a synchronization session is truncated, based on including in a description of the email a truncated element (21) and also, ...

03/02/06 - 20060047755 - System and method for managing connections
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for managing connections. A filter may receive a client request message having one or more parameters. In an embodiment, the filter may modify the request message based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters. The ...

03/02/06 - 20060047754 - Mailbox interface between processors
A mailbox (5) is proposed for transferring data between two processors (1, 3). The mailbox (5) includes a main memory (7) and an ancillary memory (13, 15). The mailbox stores received data packets in the main memory (7), and stores in the ancillary memory (13, 15) those data packets which ...

03/02/06 - 20060047753 - New online service offering email chat people location-in-a-dynamic-scenario, messagining, auctions and other services based upon real id of its subcribers
Subscribers would find the Service more useful for carrying out formal/official communications from the Service with other Subscribers and non-Subscribers. Subscribers shall be able to make confidential comments in their e-mail communications that are meant only for the recipients in cc AND/OR BCC lists. Subscribers will also be able to ...

02/23/06 - 20060041629 - Magnification of incoming and outgoing messages in the user interface of instant messaging and other digital communication services
The invention relates to instant messaging communications. More particularly, the invention relates to the magnification, or set in evidence, of incoming and/or outgoing messages. Typically only the at least one latest exchanged messages is magnified. A messages ends being displayed in a magnified fashion at the occurrence of a predetermined ...

02/23/06 - 20060041628 - Electronic routing slips for inter-organizational electronic mail
A system and method for separating inter-organizational email from the intra-organizational processing of that email are described. An email message is received by an email client program executing at a client computing system. A route operation is selected for the email message. A routing slip is generated in response to ...

02/23/06 - 20060041627 - System and method for effectively exchanging photo data in an instant messaging environment
A system and method for effectively exchanging photo data in an instant messaging environment includes a first device coupled to an electronic network for utilizing a first messaging program and a first messaging display to create text messages for performing messaging procedures. A photo data source such as a digital ...

02/23/06 - 20060041626 - System and method for response management in multiple email recipients
The disclosed invention is an improvement to a demand-based messaging system that enables multiple message recipients to coordinate responses to the message. The improved messaging system comprises a messaging program that provides an interface through which a recipient can indicate an intent to reply to the message. The messaging program ...

02/23/06 - 20060041625 - System and method for sectional e-mail transmission
A process of segmenting a single email so that portions of it may be directed to or away from select recipients is disclosed. The sender highlights portions of the email and right clicks (or key command, button, or menu item) and selects an option to select recipients. The operator interface ...

02/23/06 - 20060041624 - System and method for distributing an electronic message
A method and system for generating an individualized electronic message is described. The method includes receiving at an electronic message server a source message and generating a plurality of individualized electronic messages based upon an association between respective body portions of the source message and intended recipient groups. The source ...

02/23/06 - 20060041623 - Method and system to trigger an activity associated with a user interface element on a web page
A method to trigger an activity associated with a user interface element on a web page. The method includes, at a first machine, generating a user interface data message. The user interface data message includes a user interface controller to receive keyboard input that includes one or more keystrokes that ...

02/23/06 - 20060041622 - Spam filtering for mobile communication devices
A spam filtering system and method are disclosed for filtering spam destined for a mobile communication device. In the spam filtering system, a processing system receives a message destined for a mobile communication device through an interface. The processing system processes the message based on first filtering criteria to make ...

02/23/06 - 20060041621 - Method and system for providing a disposable email address
A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards providing a Disposable Email Address (DEA) that may be employed, in part, to manage email spam. The DEA may be generated based, in part, on an end-user profile, a keyword, and a domain address. The DEA may be distinguishable from a non-DEA ...

02/23/06 - 20060041620 - Method and system for co-joining computational spacecells in a networked environment
A system, method and apparatus providing the creation, management and usage of a non-distributed computational and storage Space environment in the field of networked devices, specifically computational and storage devices. Mechanisms are provided to facilitate the merging of Space environments across dissimilar and security protected networks such that the merged ...

02/16/06 - 20060036701 - Messaging system having message filtering and access control
An electronic message system provides message filtering for allowing a supervisory user, e.g., a parent, to control the flow of messages to other users, such as a child. E-mail messages and/or instant messages from already approved senders are allowed to pass directly to the child's account. Messages from unapproved senders ...

02/16/06 - 20060036700 - Method and apparatus for automatic sending of e-mail and automatic sending control program supplying medium
A method and apparatus for sending an E-mail, dispatching or delivering mail with an animated representation as if a pet were going in and out on a GUI picture simulating the inside of a room. In addition, the user can send an E-mail with a friendly feeling using an agent. ...

02/16/06 - 20060036699 - System, method and program for selecting recipients of an e-mail
System, method and program product executed at a workstation for selecting recipients of an e-mail. The workstation displays an initial list of potential recipients of said e-mail. A user identifies to the workstation a first type of recipient to receive the e-mail. The initial list including at least one recipient ...

02/16/06 - 20060036698 - Method and system to discourage a sender from communicating an electronic message to a user
A system to update a filter to discourage a sender from communicating an electronic message to a user. The system receives a message from a sender that includes a network address of the sender and determines whether to discourage the sender from communicating a second message to the user based ...

02/16/06 - 20060036697 - Email system and method thereof
An email system and method thereof. The system includes at least a mail agent to receive at least one email message with a flag. The mail agent assesses the flag, and performs a predefined process including storing mail content of the email message in a database, generating a new email ...

02/16/06 - 20060036696 - Managing email communications using email tagging
A computer program product for managing email communications includes code to incorporate email tags into an email. The email tags uniquely identify the corresponding email and an email family of which the email is a part. A user interface uses the email tags to permit a user to view the ...

02/16/06 - 20060036695 - Timed delivery of alert notifications based on user set criteria
An apparatus to receive a message (351) and detect if a delay should be applied (353). If so, delay (355) so that for each received message, at least a delay occurs between dispatch of a set of discrete message(s). Detecting a first priority class message (361) results in sending a ...

02/16/06 - 20060036694 - Reports for email processing in an email response management system
One implementation provides a method for providing display information that represents a quantity of received email messages that have been held for processing by a specific entity for a predefined time period in an electronic mail (email) response management system. In this implementation, the method includes determining a first value ...

02/16/06 - 20060036693 - Spam filtering with probabilistic secure hashes
Disclosed are signature-based systems and methods that facilitate spam detection and prevention at least in part by calculating hash values for an incoming message and then determining a probability that the hash values indicate spam. In particular, the signatures generated for each incoming message can be compared to a database ...

02/16/06 - 20060036692 - Method and system of integrating instant messaging with other computer programs
Described is a system and method by which client programs such as desktop applications can use instant messaging functionality. An application program interface is provided that allows a client program (e.g., an application program) to interact with an instant messaging infrastructure, such as via event calls to initiate conversations, send ...

02/16/06 - 20060036691 - Method, system, and computer program product for displaying message genealogy
A method, system, and computer program product for displaying message genealogy in the language of the user interface of an email recipient using a normalized set of subject prefix codes. The method comprises: sending an email to a recipient, wherein the email has an original subject; sending a normalized code ...

02/16/06 - 20060036690 - Network protection system
The invention includes an anti-spam Protection Device installed on the same network as email servers that it protects, or on a separate network that is connected to the networks of protected email servers. Inbound email connections route to the Protection Device, which evaluates each sending server by employing information from ...

02/16/06 - 20060036689 - Personal messaging proxy
The personal messaging proxy is deployed as a component in a messaging or instant messaging system. The proxy provides information processing and routing services not found in conventional messaging or instant messaging and presence systems. The proxy provides session mobility, parental control, message aggregation, redistribution and filtering. The proxy also ...

02/16/06 - 20060036688 - Method and system for managing interrupts in an instant messaging application
A method for managing interrupts in an instant messaging application may include receiving an interrupt request from an interrupting contact during an instant messaging conversation between at least two contacts. The method may also include interrupting the instant messaging conversation in response to a predetermined one of the interrupting contact ...

02/09/06 - 20060031365 - Method and system for using screen names to customize interactive agents
A method for using the screen names of users are used to appropriately tailor a service for the users. If the service is a restricted service, then the screen name is used as the basis for deciding whether access should be granted to ensure that access is granted to a ...

02/09/06 - 20060031364 - Message routing
Methods, devices, signals, and systems are provided in a message routing architecture which provides improved capabilities for integrating “digital” communication through email messages with “analog” communication through voice and/or fax or pager messages. Email can be addressed using nothing more than a standard telephone or fax number. If the registered ...

02/09/06 - 20060031363 - Synchronizing access to shared resources in a multi-system mail infrastructure
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to file locking for mail management systems and provide a method, system and computer program product for synchronizing access to shared resources in a multi-system mail infrastructure. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for synchronizing access ...

02/09/06 - 20060031362 - Method and apparatus for instant messaging
This invention relates to a method, apparatus and computer program product for instant messaging, the method comprising: receiving more than one user message from one or more instant messaging applications; defining a user message structure based on the creation time of each message; displaying the messages in the defined structure ...

02/09/06 - 20060031361 - Method and apparatus for conversational annotation for instant messaging systems
This invention relates to a method, apparatus, or computer program for conversation annotation for instant messaging systems. The instant messaging method comprises: providing a graphical user interface; determining a selection of two or more existing messages; creating, on an instruction from the GUI, a relationship between the selected messages; and ...

02/09/06 - 20060031360 - Reducing contention in an environment using optimistic locks
Contention in a distributed processor computer system with a replicated message environment is reduced. The system comprises processor consumers intercommunicating via a server interface that receives a message from a producer. The server favors one consumer, marks the message accordingly, communicates the marked message to the system, and delays the ...

02/09/06 - 20060031359 - Managing connections, messages, and directory harvest attacks at a server
A method and apparatus for managing connections, email messages, and directory harvest attacks at a server is disclosed. The server maintains a count of a parameter and compares the count to a specified maximum value, such that when the specified maximum value is met or exceeded, an action is taken ...

02/09/06 - 20060031358 - System and method for managing mail messages
A method for managing a plurality of mail messages that are sent and received, the method comprising obtaining a message information portion for each of the plurality of mail messages, associating a default priority interval with each of the plurality of mail messages, and generating and associating an existing priority ...

02/09/06 - 20060031357 - Method of and system for management of electronic mail
The present invention relates to electronic communication systems, and more specifically, to a method of and system for management of electronic mail or e-mail. E-mail use has become pervasive in western industry, and it is necessary to provide an efficient system and method for archiving the vast number of e-mail ...

02/09/06 - 20060031356 - Electronic mail management system
An electronic mail management system and method is disclosed comprising a control table for storing information related to sent and received messages of an email client, wherein the stored information relates to header fields of the received and sent messages and, in particular, to fields as defined in Internet Engineering ...

02/09/06 - 20060031355 - Programmable service oriented architecture
A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031354 - Service oriented architecture
A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031353 - Dynamic publishing in a service oriented architecture
A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031352 - Tamper-proof electronic messaging
A messaging system treats a set of related messages, such as an email string between two or more people, as a message container (200) having relational references to one or more submessages (210, 212, 214). A messaging server (112) stores the messages and submessages as discrete message components within a ...

02/09/06 - 20060031351 - Enforcing compliance policies in a messaging system
A messaging system enforces compliance policies for the electronic messages. The messaging system treats a set of related messages, such as an email string between two or more people, as a message container (200) having relational references to one or more submessages (210, 212, 214). A messaging server (112) stores ...

02/09/06 - 20060031350 - Searching electronic mail and messages
A method for recovering information from electronic communications, including conveying an indication of a topic of interest, from a searcher on the topic, to a computing system storing a first set of the communications of a first communicator, and searching within the first set, in response to the indication, to ...

02/09/06 - 20060031349 - Method and system for providing a dynamic mailing list
A method and system for providing a dynamic mailing list are described. The method includes creating a calendar event and creating a dynamic mailing list with a reference to the event. Clients are added to the dynamic mailing list in accordance with a client's status with regard to the event. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031348 - Method and system for internet delivery of customized information packages
Previously talent was pitched by agents to studios using physical files and couriers. What is disclosed is a method of creating and delivering by email for viewing by one or more selected recipients, each recipient having a computer with a web browser, a customized compilation of one or more digital ...

02/09/06 - 20060031347 - Corporate email system
An email server (11a) configured to store a template folder structure (11c) and template action rules (11b) for use by an email client (12a) in creating a folder structure (12b) and action rules (12c). ...

02/09/06 - 20060031346 - Automated solicited message detection
The invention relates to determining electronic text communication distributed in bulk is likely solicited. In one step, a first electronic and a second electronic submission are received. It is determined that the first electronic submission is likely solicited. A first portion is extracted from the first electronic submission and a ...

02/09/06 - 20060031345 - Mail system for transmitting instant message and method of the same
A mail system for transmitting instant message and method of the same is disclosed. The system comprises a mail servo module, a message protocol module, and a message conversion module. When receiving a message from a client unit, the message conversion module converts the message as a message readable for ...

02/09/06 - 20060031344 - Image forming apparatus and information processing method and information processing program used therein
An image forming apparatus capable of creating and transmitting an e-mail to which is attached an image file created by the image forming apparatus, as well as a file received from an external device such as an information processing terminal, without reducing the capacity of the memory installed on the ...

02/09/06 - 20060031343 - Integrated instant message system with gateway functions and method for implementing the same
The present invention discloses an integrated instant message system including gateway functions and a method for implementing the same. In the integrated instant message system, a user is used as a session initiator. The session initiator builds a session for passing instant messages through a network medium. In the session, ...

02/09/06 - 20060031342 - Selection of bearer mode according to message characteristics
A data processing device, such as a wireless telephone, includes logic to identify a first recipient address type for a first recipient of a message, and to identify a second recipient address type different than the first recipient address type for a second recipient of the message. A first message ...

02/09/06 - 20060031341 - Maintaining instant message session status in dynamic operating environments
In an instant messaging session, the status of a participant of the instant messaging session is set via a data connection to a network; and changed via a voice connection to the network. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031340 - Apparatus and method for advanced attachment filtering within an integrated messaging platform
A method comprising: receiving an electronic message containing an attachment; performing an analysis of the attachment to identify one or more characteristics of the attachment based on a set of attachment analysis rules; and filtering the attachment in a specified manner based on the one or more attachment characteristics. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031339 - Integration of instant messaging clients with user devices
Integration of instant messaging software with user devices, thereby enabling a user to communicate with an instant messaging client through an alternative device. A user receives a notification of an incoming instant message through this alternative device, which may be, for example, a cordless telephone. In preferred embodiments, the user ...

02/09/06 - 20060031338 - Challenge response systems
Disclosed are systems and methods that facilitate securing communication channels used in a challenge-response system to mitigate spammer intrusion or deception. The systems and methods make use of unique IDs that can be added to outbound messages originating from a sender, a recipient, and a third-party server. The IDs can ...

02/09/06 - 20060031337 - Methods and systems for broadcasting offers over electronic networks
An electronic message broadcasting system is provided for facilitating an online transaction between a sending party and a group of users. The system provides functionality for receiving an electronic message comprising an offer to buy or sell from the sending party and broadcasting the message to the users. The system ...

02/09/06 - 20060031336 - Systems and methods for processing attachments associated with electronic messages
Attachments that are received through one or more message transport services are processed. An object identifier is received through an electronic message received through one of a plurality of message transport services. A thumbnail graphic of a portion of the contents of the object associated with the object identifier is ...

02/09/06 - 20060031335 - Managing contained e-mail
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, provide status and commands for manipulating contained-messages. A received e-mail message may contain the contained-messages, e.g., forwarded or replied-to messages, either embedded in the received e-mail message or as an attachment. The status may relate to not only the ...

02/09/06 - 20060031334 - Methods and systems for forwarding electronic communications to remote users
An electronic message forwarding system is provided for selectively converting and forwarding email messages and text messages, thereby allowing users of the system to maintain email and text message communications with other users. The online status of an email computing device associated with a user of the system can be ...

02/09/06 - 20060031333 - Method to populate white list
The invention is selectively used by an Email Protection System that protects and email system from spam. This method is used if the Email Protection System classifies as spam an email connection or email message from an Email Sender. The invention is unlike other white list population methods or challenge/response ...

02/09/06 - 20060031332 - Logging external events in a persistent human-to-human conversational space
A method, system and apparatus for logging external events in a human-to-human conversational space. In a preferred aspect of the invention, a persistent human-to-human conversational system can include a persistent human-to-human conversational tool such as a persistent chat tool, and an external event processor coupled to the persistent human-to-human conversational ...

02/09/06 - 20060031331 - Real time communications system
A real-time communications system of networked communications devices, method and program product for operating such a system. E-mail activity is, monitored for e-mail exchange threads. Selected threads are identified and a prompt to switch to an IM session is sent to a local e-mail recipient. If the recipient elects to ...

02/09/06 - 20060031330 - Notification system and method for domain name registrars
A system and method of the present invention allow communication via electronic messages between a Customer and a domain name Registrar, avoiding traditional electronic mail (email) communication. Email messages may not be delivered to the Customer for various reasons including the situations where the Customer employs anti-SPAM protective technologies. The ...

02/09/06 - 20060031329 - System and method for managing informational objects on mobile devices
A system and method for managing informational objects on a mobile device. A user-selectable option is displayed to a user of the mobile device. The option is associated with an action to be performed on informational objects sharing at least one specified characteristic (e.g., storing all e-mail messages that are ...

02/09/06 - 20060031328 - Electronic message distribution system
A method and system for distributing electronic messages, such as e-mails, using a subject-category-identifier are disclosed. A server receives electronic messages having an subject-category-identifier. The server includes logic for reading the subject-category-identifier and logic for sorting the electronic messages into a category based at least upon the subject-category-identifier. The server ...

02/09/06 - 20060031327 - Enhanced electronic mail server
An enhanced mail server to transform electronic mail messages according to a set of rules controlled by the server's administrators. The server appends, embeds, or links promotional, informational, and organizational information to outgoing and incoming electronic mail messages, and reformat the mail messages into HTML form. Checks are provided to ...

02/09/06 - 20060031326 - Managing personal communications from a calendar scheduling application
Triggering events in an electronic calendar schedule prompt modifications to responses to incoming communications. Different types of triggering events prompt different response modifications to different types of incoming communications. Response modifications may include setting a temporary voice greeting during a meeting scheduled in the calendar, and temporarily suspending an instant ...

02/09/06 - 20060031325 - Method for managing email with analyzing mail behavior
The present invention discloses a method for managing email with analyzing the mail behavior. The method utilizes the mail policies, such as the envelope information and the header information, to verify the transmission data one by one while the agent receives the email. Then, the method performs a corresponding action ...

02/09/06 - 20060031324 - Automatic email consolidation for multiple participants
The invention is a data processing means wherein human perceptible elements of electronic information are gathered, prepared, formatted, or otherwise processed in forming a unified collection of such information storable as a distinct entity. In particular, the invention is a process for composing and displaying a consolidated message document. The ...

02/09/06 - 20060031323 - Systems, methods, and media for database synchronization on a network
Systems, methods and media for database synchronization on a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for database synchronization on a network protected with firewalls are disclosed. Embodiments include an e-mail listener for receiving e-mails from a plurality of computer systems and modifying a central database based on the ...

02/09/06 - 20060031322 - Associating an instant message dialog with screen real estate and role based positioning
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for allowing areas of a display to be associated with particular instant messaging users. The present invention provides a menu option to allow a user to select whether to have instant messaging dialog windows open up in the same position as the current window, ...

02/09/06 - 20060031321 - Electronic mail distribution network with simple user-friendly interactive implementation enabling a user at a receiving display terminal to turn off spam
A user is provided with a simple inexpensive and interactively intuitive implementation of selectively turning spam off his receiving E-mail terminal. An E-mail distribution system for eliminating nuisance electronic mail, e.g. spam, from mail sent to said receiving terminals from sending locations remote from such terminals. Respective conventional addresses are ...

02/09/06 - 20060031320 - Electronic mail distribution system for permitting the sender of electronic mail to control the redistribution of sent electronic mail messages
A system that will enable the sender of the E-mail to control the redistribution of the message tasks that are to be redistributed by the receiver of the E-mail. More particularly, the present invention comprises enabling the sender of E-mail to specify conditions for the redistribution of an E-mail message ...

02/09/06 - 20060031319 - Hiearchically verifying the identity of the sender of an e-mail message
The identity of the sender of an e-mail message is verified by performing a plurality of tests on DNS information. The DNS information is based on a client IP address or a sender address. Each test performed has a corresponding intrinsic confidence value representing the degree of confidence the test ...

02/09/06 - 20060031318 - Communicating information about the content of electronic messages to a server
Described are techniques and mechanisms for addressing unsolicited commercial, junk, or generally unwanted electronic messages. Very generally stated, a message server is provided that performs a message filtering analysis using resources local to the message server. The message server delivers to a remote device messages that do not fail the ...

02/09/06 - 20060031317 - System for synthesizing instant message and presence attributes from polled, queried and event information sources
The system converts polled information sources into event information sources and then intelligently synthesizes new events, based on other polled, queried and subscribed-to notification messages. The newly synthesized events can be used to generate instant messages or for other purposes such as setting presence attributes, controlling devices and performing other ...

02/09/06 - 20060031316 - System, method and computer program product for providing content to a terminal
A system for providing content to a mobile terminal includes a source and a messaging gateway. The source is capable of reformatting content intended for receipt by a terminal, and transferring the reformatted content and an address of the terminal to the messaging gateway. The content can be reformatted in ...

02/09/06 - 20060031315 - Method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message
A method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message. An electronic mail message including a signature and a key is received, the signature identifying a domain from which the electronic mail message originated and the key for verifying the signature. A key registration server of the domain ...

02/09/06 - 20060031314 - Techniques for determining the reputation of a message sender
Techniques are provided for determining a reputation of a message sender by obtaining two or more lists from two or more list providers; determining which lists of the two or more lists indicate the message sender; and determining a reputation score for the message sender based on which lists of ...

02/09/06 - 20060031313 - Method and system for segmentation of a message inbox
A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards managing unsolicited email messages, and the like, in part, by providing segmentation of an email inbox. In one embodiment, the email inbox is segmented into segments associated with a message from a trusted, trusted email address, an untrusted email address, and a ...

02/09/06 - 20060031312 - Virtual network element framework and operating system for managing multi-service network equipment
A managed network element is partitioned into one or more virtual network elements. The managed network element may be partitioned based on physical components or services provided by that network element. Each virtual network element is then provided a respective agent to monitor and manage its portion of the managed ...

02/09/06 - 20060031311 - Extended message rule architecture
Embodiments provide for extending the architecture of a legacy messaging system that otherwise communicates message rules to a client as rows in a rule table. Due to architectural limitations of some messaging systems, rules larger than a specified size are prevented from being streamed between a server and a client. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031310 - Messaging protocol for processing messages with attachments
A message that is to be processed according to an electronic messaging protocol is associated with a sender of the message. The message also includes an attachment from an attaching entity. The attachment is associated with a unique property of the attaching entity. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031309 - Electronic mail attachment management system and method
The present invention provides a method for email attachment management. An email is received. The email is scanned to detect an attachment. If the email contains an attachment, the attachment is detached from the email. The detached attachment is stored in a storage location on a storage medium. The email ...

02/09/06 - 20060031308 - System and method for allowing a user to ensure actions taken on a document are applied to the most recent electronic correspondence
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for indicating most recent documents, such as email messages in a message file. A determination is made as to whether a more recent message in a thread of related messages is present in the message file in response to a first user input selecting ...

02/09/06 - 20060031307 - System and method for filtering network messages
A system and method for filtering network messages, e.g., electronic mail, are provided. A user-specific blocked list or identified junk sender list is published at a server of a computing network, so when a new e-mail arrives, the server can automatically apply filtering rules based on the user-specific junk sender ...

02/09/06 - 20060031306 - Method and apparatus for scoring unsolicited e-mail
A method for filtering spam is disclosed comprising the steps of: assigning weights to a plurality of recipient e-mail addresses; determining a set of similar e-mails from a plurality of e-mails sent to the recipient addresses; calculating a score based for each set of similar e-mails; placing the score in ...

02/09/06 - 20060031305 - Managing on-demand email storage
A method, system, and program for managing on-demand email storage are provided. An email service provider allocates a predetermined amount of storage space to an intended recipient. When an email is received for the intended recipient at the email service provider, the email service provider determines whether the predetermined storage ...

02/09/06 - 20060031304 - Method and apparatus for classification of relative position of one or more text messages in an email thread
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for classifying the relative position of one or more text messages (including transcribed audio messages) in a related thread of text messages. One or more classifiers are applied to the text messages; and a classification of the text messages is obtained that indicates the relative ...

02/09/06 - 20060031303 - System for policing junk e-mail massages
A system for policying an unsolicited e-mail communication. The system has a plurality of clients, each coupled together using a wide area network of computers, such as the Internet or an internet. Each of the clients is adapted to send an indication of an unsolicited e-mail message through an e-mail ...

02/09/06 - 20060031302 - Method, system and server for sending and receiving e-mails with different addresses
The method makes possible to keep particular e-mails separate from other e-mails and is based upon an interaction between a plug-in program in the user's e-mail client program and a separate mediating server. User's private address and e-mail service address are saved in the mediating server. E-mail client program is ...

02/09/06 - 20060031301 - Use of proxy servers and pseudonymous transactions to maintain individual's privacy in the competitive business of maintaining personal history databases
A system is provided that preserves data privacy for the Individual—I and Private Data Owner (PDO) while granting data access to the User-U and Accessor who need such data to perform their usual and customary business functions. The method and system completely control the User's access to the Private Data ...

02/09/06 - 20060031300 - Method and system for the phased retrieval of data
In a method of retrieving electronic messages the server (2) sends the header and the first N text characters of th message body to the terminal device (1), while holding back any remaining text and any attachments. The server also sends a first flag indicative of any remaining text characters ...

02/09/06 - 20060031299 - System and method of mimetic messaging settings selection
Systems and methods of mimetic message settings selection on a messaging client are provided. In one embodiment, when an outgoing message is composed on a messaging client, the messaging client determines whether the outgoing message is related to a received message. Where the outgoing message is related to the received ...

02/09/06 - 20060031298 - Electronic mail server, electronic mail delivery relaying method, and computer program
An electronic mail server includes an unsolicited site database for storing a part or a whole of a URL of a Web site that delivers undesired information to a user, a mail reception portion for receiving electronic mail sent by a terminal device of a delivering trader of direct mail, ...

02/09/06 - 20060031297 - Multimedia messaging method and system using watermarks
A system for and method of controlling retransmission of a content item contained in a multimedia message. The method comprises: receiving the message containing the content item from a sender together with an identifier of an intended recipient of the message, processing the content item to detect the presence or ...

02/09/06 - 20060031296 - Method for distributing mail
A method of sending mail electronically. A sender supplies information to a receiver on data media relative to mail to be sent, such as addressees and mail contents. The contents of the data media are fed into the receiver's computer system, in which the addressees are compared with a register ...

02/02/06 - 20060026250 - Communication system
When a mail server 31 and a mail server 32 are in a failover state, switches 21, 22 select communication paths E, F. A temporary save server 50 stores email received from a mail reception server 10 during the failover in a disk storage 60, and after the completion of ...

02/02/06 - 20060026249 - Information distribution system and information distribution method
An information distribution system and an information distribution method in which a user can view content on a personal digital assistant without complicated operation, thereby obtaining detailed information from an information distributor efficiently without fail. An information distribution system comprises a personal digital assistant for viewing a distribution file delivered ...

02/02/06 - 20060026248 - System and method for preparing electronic mails
A method and system for processing electronic mail. Electronic mails are created via specifications in a document that includes a recipient type section and at least two recipient content sections. The recipient type section identifies recipient types and recipient(s) of electronic mails for each recipient type. Each recipient content section ...

02/02/06 - 20060026247 - Communication terminal apparatus
A print-mode storing unit presets print-mode setting information corresponding to print-mode determination information that is included in the document data, and stores the print-mode setting information preset. A mail receiving unit receives the electronic mail including the document data. A print control unit obtains, from the print-mode storing unit, the ...

02/02/06 - 20060026246 - System and method for authorizing delivery of e-mail and reducing spam
Methods and systems for blocking, from a user's email account, emails sent by an unknown sender. In one embodiment, a method may include determining if a sender of a received email message is a trusted sender; if the sender of the received email message is not a trusted sender, administering ...

02/02/06 - 20060026245 - System and method for data organization and display in an instant-messaging interface
A system, method, and computer program product for simultaneous integrated access to multiple instant messaging (IM) servers from multiple IM vendors. A particular feature of many specific embodiments is a user interface that maintains separate, distinct branding for each vendor, so that a user of the system can see other ...

02/02/06 - 20060026244 - Electronic mail system having a recipient field modifier function
A method, system and graphic user interface for modifying a recipient field label associated with a recipient of an e-mail message are disclosed. A recipient field label modifier function is provided that operates to modify the recipient field label associated with a selected recipient. An object associated with the modifier ...

02/02/06 - 20060026243 - System and method for preventing transmission during message reception
A communication controller in a device on a network automatically prevents transmission of data onto the network in response to a transmit request from a CPU of the device if a message is being received or has been received but not read or acknowledged. ...

02/02/06 - 20060026242 - Messaging spam detection
Detecting unsolicited messages (spam) by aggregating information across multiple recipients and/or across the same or differing messaging protocols. Multiple messages are analyzed to detect a call to action pattern that specifies a target communication address with which the recipients are requested to communicate, such as an email address, an Internet ...

02/02/06 - 20060026241 - System and method for bulk data messaging
A system and method can broadcast a plurality of instant messages, at substantially the same time, via a computer network to a plurality of recipients. The recipients can respond via the network to a human or an automated agent. A predetermined reply message can be sent if all agents are ...

02/02/06 - 20060026240 - Method of collecting data from one or multiple respondents using spreadsheet based tool with programmed wizard utility deployed by e-mail
The invention discloses a method of collecting data from one or multiple respondents comprising creating a questionnaire using an easy-to-use wizard utility within a spreadsheet application operating a series of macros; deploying said questionnaire by e-mail; and retrieving data from an e-mail attachment (containing the filled out questionnaire) returned by ...

02/02/06 - 20060026239 - Enhanced instant message connectivity
Connection state information for Instant Message (IM) users is collected and stored by an IM client. Connection state information for everyone in a sender's buddy list is replicated and stored by the sender's IM client. The IM clients are updated as updates are made on the IM server. This enables ...

02/02/06 - 20060026238 - Method of composing and sending e-mails with separate messages to copy recipients
An e-mail system provides the ability to compose, send and receive messages using a personal computer. The user creates a primary message, to be sent to primary message recipients, with or without attachments. The user can also create copy messages to be sent to copy message recipients. Attachments can be ...

02/02/06 - 20060026237 - Method and system for instant message using http url technology
A method, system, means, and computer program code for providing instant message service. According to embodiments of the present invention, each instant message user has a HTTP URL as its unique identification. When the sender wants to chat with the receiver, just enter the receiver's URL for Instant Message in ...

02/02/06 - 20060026236 - Method, system and computer software product for pre-selecting a folder for a message
In a computer system, a system, method and computer program product for pre-selecting a folder for a current message. The system, method and computer program product involve (a) providing a folder pre-selection cache having n configurable entries, n being a predetermined positive integer greater than one, each configurable entry being ...

01/26/06 - 20060020675 - Dial back-mail system using binary protocol
A sender prepares a message, then transmits an e-mail notice to the receiver and the e-mail message to a forwarding server. The “e-mail notice” is a short message, including a message ID and specifically does not include the complete prepared message. The “e-mail message” is in binary format and also ...

01/26/06 - 20060020674 - Providing archiving of individual mail content while maintaining a single copy mail store
A data processing system for providing archiving of individual mail content while maintaining a single copy mail store can include a mail application enabled to maintain a single copy mail store, a primary data store configured for high data throughput and acting as a single copy mail store for the ...

01/26/06 - 20060020673 - Sending a range
The invention is a software module configured for sending a pre-selected portion of an electronic spreadsheet document to a mail client or recipient via e-mail. The module includes a publish engine for receiving a sender's pre-selected portion of a spreadsheet document from an application program. The publish engine determines content ...

01/26/06 - 20060020672 - System and method to categorize electronic messages by graphical analysis
We describe a method of computing language-independent metrics (which we term “HideMe” and “HideAll”) to associate with selectable domains in electronic messages. We apply these as indicators as to whether a sender address is false, using a graph which we call a Cloaking Diagram. The metrics and the graph can ...

01/26/06 - 20060020671 - E-mail caching system and method
A system and method to improve data access over a network. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a device for caching data from a server, such as e-mail messages, is provided at a location close to an end user. According to another embodiment of the present invention, a ...

01/26/06 - 20060020670 - Computer system that facilitates addition of webpages to website
A computer system includes a server computer, a plurality of client computers and a communication network that interconnects the server computer and the client computers. The server computer hosts one or more websites. Content for a proposed new webpage may be sent from a user of a client computer to ...

01/26/06 - 20060020669 - System and method for informing a sender of a message of content adaptation and message failure issues
A system and method for controlling the content of a message transmitted from a transmitting device to a receiving device. When a message is sent from the transmitting device, it is determined whether the receiving device is capable of exhibiting the message without adaptation of the message's content. If the ...

01/26/06 - 20060020668 - System and method for duplicate e-mail content detection and automatic doclink conversion
A Duplicate Content Storage and Access Program (DCSAP) identifies duplicate content, stores the duplicate content in one location, and provides a doclink to the stored duplicate content so that the doclink may be automatically replaced with the duplicate content. DCSAP examines email to determine whether the email contains a section ...

01/26/06 - 20060020667 - Electronic mail system and method for multi-geographical domains
A method comprises receiving an email message having a sender and at least one recipient at an email server of the sender, determining an address of the at least one recipient's email server closest to the sender's email server, sending the email message to the email server indicated by the ...

01/26/06 - 20060020666 - Message management system and method
A message management system and method is described. A message control unit includes a dispatch rule, a role table, and a dispatch engine. The dispatch rule defines system identification, message type, and corresponding client identification and mail role. The role table defines client identification, mail role, and corresponding message recipient. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015566 - Methods for managing the exchange of communication tokens
A communication system issues tokens in order to control communication received by the system. The tokens are arbitrary symbols which are stored in one or more Token Logs (TLs) for future reference. Those to whom the tokens are issued use specific tokens by including them in messages sent to the ...

01/19/06 - 20060015565 - Method and apparatus to facilitate access and propagation of messages in communication queues using a public network
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates accessing communication queues using a public network. The system operates by first generating a message or messages at a client. The system then formats these messages in a publicly available format. Next, the system communicates the messages across the ...

01/19/06 - 20060015564 - Modulated cascading electronic messaging network
A method is disclosed for co-ordinating the sending of electronic messages in such a way that a positive feedback loop is created. This is achieved by linking the messages to a form with inputs configured to facilitate submission of a greater multiple of additional addressee entries than with other known ...

01/19/06 - 20060015563 - Message profiling systems and methods
Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors that classify communications from messaging entities. A method can include receiving a communication that was sent from a messaging entity. A plurality of message classification techniques is used to classify the communication. Each message classification technique is associated with ...

01/19/06 - 20060015562 - Mobile collaborative peer-to-peer business applications
A mobile computer system hosts mobile application and a collaboration module. The collaboration module is adapted to enable the mobile application to communicate with a further mobile application, hosted on a further mobile computer system, and to access functionality of an enterprise application, hosted on an enterprise system. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015561 - Incremental anti-spam lookup and update service
The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates incrementally updating spam filters in near real time or real time. Incremental updates can be generated in part by difference learning. Difference learning involves training a new spam filter based on new data and then looking for the differences ...

01/19/06 - 20060015560 - Multi-sensory emoticons in a communication system
Methods and systems for providing dynamic emoticons during chat sessions across game consoles are disclosed. A dynamic emoticon may include haptic, visual, and/or auditory components. Each component may have an associated intensity level, e.g., based on a pressure with which a user of the game console presses a controller button ...

01/19/06 - 20060015559 - Electronic mail delivery system, mail server, and mail client
Mobile device MS displays an unreceived mail list acquired from gateway server GWS by executing a browser. A user selects a desired e-mail by referring to the unreceived mail list. Prior to that gateway server GWS transmits e-mails to mobile device MS, gateway server GWS transmits to mobile device MS, ...

01/12/06 - 20060010223 - Systems and methods for remote access to a display-based bulletin board in a shared user environment
An electronic bulletin board for use in a shared always-on environment wherein a user may manipulate messages from a remote location. The electronic bulletin board may be implemented via database and programming logic on an application server accessible from any network node, including wireless devices. The always-on environment may be ...

01/12/06 - 20060010222 - Browser-based email system with user interface for audio/video capture
A browser-based email system implemented in a computing device is connected to a host mail server. The host mail server provides pages which can be rendered by a browser to present an email service to a user. The browser-based email system receives audio data, video data, and/or still images, and ...

01/12/06 - 20060010221 - Sharing information from a computer mail-box
A method for an owner to own and use a computer mail-box in storing and selectively transmitting mails from a user, who may or may not be an originating user, to a destination user. The method includes using the mail-box as a functional interface that enables mails to be displayed, ...

01/12/06 - 20060010220 - System and method for regulating electronic messages
A system for regulating e-mail comprises a database of information profiling legitimate e-mail usage. When an e-mail is received at the system, it is scrutinized relative to the information in the database. If the e-mail is found to be legitimate based upon this evaluation, it is delivered to the intended ...

01/12/06 - 20060010219 - Internet facsimile apparatus and e-mail receiving method
An Internet facsimile apparatus is configured to receive an e-mail and to print the e-mail. The Internet facsimile apparatus includes a controller that determines whether the received e-mail includes a text part when it is determined that the received e-mail comprises a multipart structure. The controller determines whether the text ...

01/12/06 - 20060010218 - Automatic and confirmed message receipt
Services, systems and methods for managing, streamlining and tracking the communication between administrators and members of an organized group such as sports teams, scouts, church groups, PTA, clubs, business teams, board members and the like. The service is well suited for activities whose events are subject to change on a ...

01/12/06 - 20060010217 - System and method for dynamic adaptive user-based prioritization and display of electronic messages
A method and system that dynamically ranks electronic messages based on their situational and inherent dimensions, which are judged by a set of filters. These filters evaluate the different elemental metadata constituting a message and produce a priority value based on filters relevance and importance. The system iterates through queued ...

01/12/06 - 20060010216 - Mail distributing apparatus, program and mail transmitting method capable of shortening average wait time for completing transmission of mails
There is provided a mail distributing apparatus, a program and a mail transmitting method capable of shortening an average wait time for completing transmission of mails. The mail distributing apparatus has a transmission recording section for recording the date and time when a mail has been successfully transmitted last per ...

01/12/06 - 20060010215 - Managing connections and messages at a server by associating different actions for both different senders and different recipients
A method and apparatus for managing connections and messages at a server by associating different actions for both different senders and different recipients is disclosed. The server manages connections from different senders by receiving incoming connections from the different senders and determining sender identifiers for the incoming connections. The server ...

01/12/06 - 20060010214 - System and method for re-routing of e-mail messages
A method and apparatus for the re-routing of e-mail sent to a prior address (or an address that is non-working, or temporarily inconvenient) to the new address of an intended recipient. E-mail that is to be sent to a recipient is sent to the former Internet Service Provider (ISP). Because ...

01/12/06 - 20060010213 - Method for personal email archiving and organization for electronic data, including email, which can be utilized by both the user and the provider in a variety of ways
This invention is directed to a method for electronic data exchange, including Email, which involves archiving and organizing a personal email management system used in electronic data communication and exchange system. The invention adds utility to existing internet-based email systems for enhancing user satisfaction by providing easy manageability of personal ...

01/12/06 - 20060010212 - Storing message rules in global form for transfer between servers
Embodiments provide for storing message rules in a serialized global form on a server for transfer of the data between different servers. Message rules include condition and action data structures, wherein at least the action data structures include global identifiers. A client creates a message object that includes an extended ...

01/12/06 - 20060010211 - Variation of image content in electronic messaging protocol messages
A number of sets of recipients of an electronic messaging protocol message distribution campaign are identified. Each set can be one or more recipients. Scripting language is added to each message directed to a recipient. The added scripting language refers to a number of image objects/files that have been selected ...

01/12/06 - 20060010210 - Method for automatically handling undesired electronic mail in communication networks at the recipient end
The invention relates to a method for automatically rejecting/avoiding undesired e-mails in mailboxes at the recipient end, according to which the address of the sender of the e-mail is compared with a recipient-specific list of authorized senders and is saved in the mailbox only if said address matches that of ...

01/12/06 - 20060010209 - Server for sending electronics messages
The present invention is concerned with a method of, and apparatus for, detecting the source and movement of emails that are propagated by an email virus. The invention comprises a server configured to send outgoing electronic messages on behalf of terminals connected thereto and to deliver incoming electronic messages to ...

01/12/06 - 20060010208 - Informing system
E-mails that can be broadcast-delivered at a low cost are used, and it can be accurately confirmed whether an informative matter has reached and whether one will attend or not, for example. A service server (130) for relaying information from an informing person (110) to informed persons (120) is connected ...

12/29/05 - 20050289223 - System and method of simultaneously executing pop e-mailing and chatting, and goods publicity system and method thereby in internet shopping mall
The inventive simultaneously executing post office protocol e-mailing and chatting system comprises a pair of web browsers of the sender and the receiver, the Internet contacting units for connecting to the web browsers, an e-mail server for sending-receiving of e-mail between the sender and the receiver, and a chatting-mailing server ...

12/29/05 - 20050289222 - Flexible session initiation protocol endpoint signaling
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for flexibly assigning Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Endpoints to any part of a communication resource is disclosed. The present invention removes the device location and behavior requirements from the application, thus providing a generic interface for robust application development. ...

12/29/05 - 20050289221 - System and method for restricting access to email and attachments
One aspect of the invention is a method for restricting access to one or more email attachments includes receiving an email addressed to a first recipient and including at least a first attachment. The email is processed to determine whether a valid authorization code is associated with the email (and/or ...

12/29/05 - 20050289220 - Chat marking and synchronization
The invention is a demand-based messaging system that enables a user to mark any location in a message and share the mark with a second user. The invention comprises a messaging program operable on a plurality of computers connected by one or more communications media. The program configures a first ...

12/22/05 - 20050283520 - System and method for generating configurations used for accessing electronic mailboxes
A system and method generates configurations used for accessing electronic mailboxes. A database stores the configuration conventions that are sets of e-mail expressions formed by symbols. A transformer module expands configuration conventions stored in the database to generate configurations based on user supplied context data. ...

12/22/05 - 20050283519 - Methods and systems for combating spam
A system and method for combating spam, the method including performing bulk transmission detection on incoming messages, performing characteristic-based classification on at least one incoming message and employing results of both the bulk transmission detection and the characteristic-based classification for filtering at least one incoming message. ...

12/15/05 - 20050278430 - Warning and avoidance of sending email messages to unintended recipients
An unintended recipient initiates a reply to the sender and all other recipients of an original email. The reply contains a “hot button” feature in the email client application to enable the email client application of the recipient of the reply to auto designate the unintended recipient in the recipient ...

12/15/05 - 20050278429 - Method for scrambling information about network devices that is placed in email message
The present invention relates to sending control or monitoring information between two hardware devices utilizing email. Control information relating to either a first hardware device or a second hardware device is determined. This information is incorporated into an email message. Directing information for directing the control information is incorporated into ...

12/15/05 - 20050278428 - Verification scheme for email message containing information about remotely monitored devices
The present invention relates to sending control or monitoring information between two hardware devices utilizing email. Control information relating to either a first hardware device or a second hardware device is determined. This information is incorporated into an email message. Directing information for directing the control information is incorporated into ...

12/08/05 - 20050273499 - Gui interface for subscribers to subscribe to topics of messages published by a pub/sub service
Presenting a Pub/Sub service GUI interface to a subscribers computer system, the GUI interface comprising one or more topics to which the subscriber can subscribe, the Pub/sub service having a list of subscribers subscribing to a topic. The GUI interface preferably comprising widgets, enabling a subscriber to manage subscriptions to ...

12/08/05 - 20050273498 - Push type scanner apparatus and image data transmitting and receiving system
A push type scanner apparatus according to the present invention can transmit image data read by the push type scanner apparatus through a network to a desired personal computer only by operating the push type scanner apparatus without transmitting any operation command from the personal computer. In the push type ...

12/08/05 - 20050273497 - Service oriented architecture with electronic mail transport protocol
A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims. ...

12/08/05 - 20050273496 - System for presenting applications on instant messaging clients
The present invention is a system for accessing applications from even the most basic Instant Message (IM) enabled mobile device. The system utilizes the IM infrastructure of a mobile device to deliver application interfaces and manage the user experience. The invention is particularly applicable to applications with graphical user interfaces ...

12/08/05 - 20050273495 - Authentication with credentials in java messaging service
Authentication with credentials in a Java messaging service (“JMS”), including providing pre-authenticated credentials for a Java security domain for a user application and creating a JMS connection for the user application, including accepting the pre-authenticated credentials in a JMS connection function and authenticating the user application for the JMS in ...

12/01/05 - 20050267943 - Image display device and method of communicating with an image display device over a network
In an image display device configured to be connected to a network, a method of communicating over the network with a remote device on the network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a message sent to a multicast address on the network by the remote device, wherein the message includes ...

12/01/05 - 20050267942 - Method of retracting an instant message
Described is a method for retracting an instant message from a receiver in an instant messaging session. A request is made to retract the instant message from the receiver. If the receiver is present in the session, the instant message is removed from the user interface of the receiver. Notification ...

12/01/05 - 20050267941 - Email delivery system using metadata on emails to manage virtual storage
E-mail system which organizes e-mails into queues based on their locations and characterizes the e-mails. Metadata, indicative of the e-mail, is appended to the e-mail. The queues are organized based on the metadata, and processed. The metadata is always stored in local storage; and the message body may be stored ...

12/01/05 - 20050267940 - System and method for managing an online social network
An online social network is managed using one server for database management tasks and another server, preferably in a distributed configuration, for CPU-intensive computational tasks, such as finding a shortest path between two members or a degree of separation between two members. The additional server has a memory device containing ...

12/01/05 - 20050267939 - Transparent security for electronic mail messages
A method, system and apparatus for the transparent security for electronic mail (e-mail) messages. A method for transparently securing an e-mail message can include producing a secured form of an e-mail message and identifying at least one designated recipient of the e-mail message for whom a secured form of the ...

12/01/05 - 20050267938 - Method for mailbox migration
A method for mailbox migration includes creating a message ID map for the source and destination mailboxes, and storing the message ID map in a migration cache file that can also hold message ID persistence and message state indicator data. A precopy operation is performed while the source mailbox is ...

12/01/05 - 20050267937 - Universal recallable, erasable, secure and timed delivery email
A process for secure, recallable and erasable delivery of email employing a modified sender's MTA that preprocesses email prior to sending a substituted modified email to the recipient's MTA. The sender's MTA preprocesses the email by first stripping the body from the email and creating an image file of the ...

11/24/05 - 20050262213 - Apparatus and method for effecting correspondent-centric electronic mail
Techniques to make e-mail correspondent-centric rather than message-centric, and reduce junk e-mail. Tabulates, maintains, and updates useful information about the user's chosen correspondents, and the history and status of each correspondence series. Filters incoming messages from an unrecognized sender, asking user whether to add sender to correspondent list, and if ...

11/24/05 - 20050262212 - Targeted messaging system and related methods
A system for targeted messaging includes a messaging platform for communicating messages to a target group, a target group selecting module for selecting the target group from a group of potential message recipients based upon the location of each potential message recipient relative to a predefined targeted region. A method ...

11/24/05 - 20050262211 - Communication device
To enable communication in accordance with a RPC thorough a firewall in using email, the server-side communication device has a mail transmitting and receiving unit and an information converting unit for retrieving instruction information from an email received with the mail transmitting and receiving unit, for outputting the instruction information ...

11/24/05 - 20050262210 - Email analysis using fuzzy matching of text
Translation of text or messages provides a message that is more reliably or efficiently analyzed for purposes as, for example, to detect spam in email messages. One translation process takes into account statistics of erroneous and intentional misspellings. Another process identifies and removes characters or character codes that do not ...

11/24/05 - 20050262209 - System for email processing and analysis
Various features are provided for analyzing and processing email messages including determining if an email message is unwanted, and blocking unwanted messages. Email traffic is monitored by analyzing email messages addressed to known invalid email addresses. Email messages addressed to invalid email addresses are sent to a central control site ...

11/24/05 - 20050262208 - System and method for managing emails in an enterprise
This disclosure provides a system and method for managing emails in an enterprise. In one embodiment, an enterprise email manager is operable to receive a first email to one or more expected recipients. The first email is identified as an adverse email based, at least in part, on one or ...

11/24/05 - 20050262207 - Offline message security via selective data replication
A method, system and apparatus for the offline securing of messages through selective security data replication. A method for selectively replicating security data for offline processing of electronic messages can include identifying a messaging partner associated with the electronic message responsive to processing an electronic message. Subsequently, it can be ...

11/24/05 - 20050262206 - Selective commenting in an e-mail message
A method, system and apparatus for selective commenting in an e-mail message. A selective commenting method can include the steps of designating two or more recipients for an e-mail message, and selecting a subset of recipients from among the designated recipients. A comment to the e-mail message can be composed ...

11/24/05 - 20050262205 - Delivering messages in an enterprise messaging system using message selector hierarchy
Methods and apparatuses for delivering enterprise messages in an enterprise computing environment are described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary process is provided to determine, at a first node hosting a topic published by a producer, one or more groups of subscribers subscribing to the topic based on similarity of ...

11/24/05 - 20050262204 - System and method for enhanced messaging
A system and method for enhancing the experience of a user using a communication program over the Internet or other network. The system and method according to one embodiment utilizes a user's status indicator in a communication program to share content such as music or videos among users. One system ...

11/24/05 - 20050262203 - Email system with conversation-centric user interface
An email system receives a plurality of electronic messages directing to a user, each message having a unique message identifier assigned to it. As each message is received, the system associates the with a respective conversation, each conversation having a unique conversation identifier, where each conversation includes a set of ...

11/24/05 - 20050262202 - Method and system of remote monitoring and support of devices, including handling email messages having message types specified within the email message
In a system for remotely monitoring networked devices and appliances, email messages are sent across networks, the email messages containing configuration, status or other information. For flexibility, it is desirable to quickly and easily change the message type designation, and to easily determine a data structure definition based on the ...

11/17/05 - 20050256932 - System for messaging using shared messaging devices
Described are a shared messaging device and method of messaging using shared messaging devices. An electronic messaging device has a display for communicating multiple messages to consumers using a single messaging device. Using the electronic messaging device, advertisers and others are able to display messages to consumers, while sharing the ...

11/17/05 - 20050256931 - Methods and apparatuses for processing messages in an enterprise computing environment
Methods and apparatuses for processing enterprise messages are described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary process is provided to maintain multiple delivery policies of multiple subscription sessions of a subscriber subscribing a topic published by a producer, wherein at least one policy is different from a remainder of the delivery ...

11/17/05 - 20050256930 - Progressive de-featuring of electronic messages
Provided is a messaging system capable of detecting and processing at least a portion of a malformed message, e.g., a message that previously failed to process. An identifier and state information for the message can be logged. Based on the stored information, a determination can be made that the message ...

11/17/05 - 20050256929 - Systems and methods for enhancing the screening of electronic message data
The present invention relates generally to the field of automated screening systems that assist in screening the content of message data prior to public posting of the messages. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for enhancing the screening of messages that are posted to on-line ...

11/17/05 - 20050256928 - Method for circulating a report in a semiconductor manufacturing environment
A system, method, and computer-implemented method for circulating a file associated with the manufacture of a semiconductor product. The computer-implemented method may include choosing at least one input file, choosing an output file format, choosing a mode for circulation, extracting file information to the output file, and circulating the output ...

11/17/05 - 20050256927 - System and method for direct communication between automation appliances
The invention relates to a system and a method for communication between automation appliances. According to the invention, peer-to-peer communication over the Intranet or Internet is carried out, enabling a direct exchange of information between the automation appliances. Each automation appliance is used to send a request via the data ...

11/10/05 - 20050251560 - Methods for routing items for communications based on a measure of criticality
The routing of prioritized documents such as email messages is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first receives a text. The method assigns a priority to the document, based on a text classifier such as a Bayesian classifier or a support-vector machine classifier. The method then routes the text ...

11/10/05 - 20050251559 - Electronic musical apparatus and server computer
An electronic musical apparatus M1 transmits apparatus ID information and a common mail page access signal to a server computer SC. The server computer SC receives the signal and apparatus ID information. On the basis of the apparatus ID information, the server computer SC searches a user database 206a to ...

11/10/05 - 20050251558 - Remote reminders application system
Systems, methods and computer program operating on a computer that integrates as an add-on with software based day/time planners and calendars then notifies the users using speech synthesis by telephone (mobile or landline) of reminders and appointments at the appropriate date and time based on what the users have preset ...

11/10/05 - 20050251557 - Push-type information delivery method, push-type information delivery system, information delivery apparatus and channel search apparatus based on presence service
Providing a new contents delivery method that is suitable for community networks and reduces leaks of personal information. Presentities indicating channels for information delivery are formed on presence service, and virtual channel communication terminals corresponding to their presentities are logically formed on an information delivery server. Thereby, contents are transmitted ...

11/10/05 - 20050251556 - Continuous feedback-controlled deployment of message transforms in a distributed messaging system
The present invention solves the disadvantages of the prior art and provides a distributed messaging system supporting stateful subscriptions. A stateful publish-subscribe system extends the functionality of the content-based approach to include more general state-valued expressions. A plurality of broker machines is provided to deliver messages sent by publishing clients ...

11/10/05 - 20050251555 - Presence-based seamless messaging
Subject matter includes systems and methods for presence-based messaging. In one implementation an engine detects the real-time presence of a potential message recipient who can be reached via a communications medium that a sender composing a message is not currently using. The engine can either transition to an environment for ...

11/10/05 - 20050251554 - Verification of scheme used for email message containing information about remotely monitored devices
The present invention relates to sending control or monitoring information between two hardware devices utilizing email. Control information relating to either a first hardware device or a second hardware device is determined. This information is incorporated into an email message. Directing information for directing the control information is incorporated into ...

11/03/05 - 20050246423 - Maintaining multiple versions of message bodies in a common database
The present invention extends to methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures for maintaining multiple versions of electronic bodies in a common database. A computer system maintains an association between an electronic message and a plurality of versions of a corresponding message body in a database that is accessible ...

10/27/05 - 20050240654 - Message-oriented middleware provider having multiple server instances integrated into a clustered application server infrastructure
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for a Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) provider having multiple logical MOM server instances. In an embodiment, a number of application servers are communicatively coupled on an enterprise network. In an embodiment, the MOM provider includes an MOM server instance implemented on each of the ...

10/20/05 - 20050235041 - Public/private/invitation email address based secure anti-spam email protocol
The Secure Anti-Spam Email Protocol (SASEP) as proposed by this invention is based on public/private/invitation email address architecture. Each user that will register at any SASEP server will receive a public and a private email address. The public email address (e.g. user@domain.com) can be used as a regular email address ...

10/20/05 - 20050235040 - Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium that can identify communication errors
A communication apparatus capable of notifying a receiver of a reception mail error or transmission mail error by printing or the like and preventing incorrect data or error notification mail from being transferred or stored without notifying the user of the error, and a control method and storage medium therefor. ...

10/20/05 - 20050235039 - Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications to or between chatterbots or other software agents
A user's chatterbot participates in a chat session with other users and the other users' chatterbots. The originator of an incoming instant message is identified to such a degree that a buddy on a buddy list is able to determine that the instant message was sent by a user's chatterbot ...

10/20/05 - 20050235038 - Method of and apparatus for server-side management of buddy lists in presence based services provided by a communication system
The invention relates to management of contact lists in a presence enabled application supported by a communication system and having a client side on a user equipment and a server side within a presence enabled network accessible by the users through said communication system, the application being of a type ...

10/20/05 - 20050235037 - Method and computer for sending an electronic document
The invention relates to a method for sending an electronic document using a computer and to a computer for this purpose, with one entry (K1, K2, KN) being selected as recipient from a plurality of entries (K1, K2, KN) in an address directory (AV), and a communication address being retrieved ...

10/20/05 - 20050235036 - Intelligent url redirector
A method, system, and computer program product for directing a recipient of an e-mail to a web site is provided. In one embodiment, an e-mail with an embedded link is created, wherein the embedded link comprises a link to a redirect server and link attributes that allow the redirect server ...

10/20/05 - 20050235035 - Communication status management system and method
The present invention provides a method for communication status management. A first status change request is received from a user, the first status change request including at least a first user status and a first duration. A first current user communication status is established based on the first status change ...

10/20/05 - 20050235034 - System and method for searchable instant messaging chat repositories using topic and identifier metadata
A system and method for storing IM text in a repository where it can be searched by topic or participant based filters is disclosed. The repository may be a centralized database on the server side or it may be distributed in the client environment. The system comprises an IM Topic ...

10/13/05 - 20050228868 - Data notification method and system thereof
For a group consisting of a plurality of users, data of users who constitute the group is acquired. Thereafter, the users are made to stay in a certain area by determining a user having high importance in the group based on the user data acquired and by providing adequate data ...

10/13/05 - 20050228867 - Replicating message queues between clustered email gateway systems
A method of “stateful failover” is provided that allows email gateway systems in a cluster to deliver email messages that have been accepted for delivery by a member of the cluster, but has failed with out delivering the messages. The method involves creating a backup copy of the messages that ...

10/13/05 - 20050228866 - Methods and apparatuses for posting messages to participants of an event
In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses select an event; search for an event profile corresponding to the event wherein the event profile includes a plurality of participants of the event; determine a plurality of recipients of a message based on the plurality of participants of the event; and display ...

10/13/05 - 20050228865 - System, apparatus, and method for using reduced web service messages
A Web service of a network entity can be invoked using reduced messages. A redundancy agreement message is sent to the network entity. The redundancy agreement message describes a redundancy agreement for invoking the Web service using reduced messages. A reduced message is formed based on the redundancy agreement and ...

10/13/05 - 20050228864 - System and method for selection of messaging settings
A method and system of selecting messaging settings on a messaging client are provided. When an outgoing message to be sent from the messaging client is addressed to a message recipient, the messaging client accesses a data store to determine whether specific messaging settings have been stored for the message ...

10/06/05 - 20050223073 - Attaching applets to messaging communications
A method and system is disclosed for configuring a messaging communication, including an instant message (IM) communication among others, transmitted in a messaging system in which applets corresponding to attached files in the messaging communication are included. An attachment module attaches a corresponding applet for an attachment file. One or ...

10/06/05 - 20050223072 - Electronic messaging system with an integrated interactive footer
A method for processing messages in a messaging system includes providing a message directed from a sender to a recipient, and integrating a footer into the first message. The footer includes contact information of the recipient. ...

10/06/05 - 20050223071 - Electronic mail creating apparatus and method of the same, portable terminal, and computer program product for electronic mail creating apparatus
An e-mail creating apparatus which creates a message of an e-mail, includes a searcher which refers to a library which stores a content and a keyword representing the content in a state where the content and the keyword are associated with each other, and searches, in the library, a specific ...

10/06/05 - 20050223070 - Method and apparatus for automatic notification and response based on communication flow expressions having dynamic context
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic notification and response based on communication flow expressions having dynamic context. A message is provided from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential paths. The communication flow is controlled by a communication ...

10/06/05 - 20050223069 - Method and apparatus for providing an instant message notification
An instant messaging client application is provided that receives requests to initiate instant messaging conversations and, in response to the requests, displays a notification window. The notification window includes information that may allow a user to decide whether or not the user would like to participate in the instant messaging ...

10/06/05 - 20050223068 - Visual communications tool
A visual communications (VC) tool creating visual arrangements and presenting the visual arrangements to others for feedback and comment in an efficient and secure manner. An author uses the VC tool to generate a folio, storyboard, or presentation, and publishes the generated arrangement to desired recipients. The published arrangement is ...

10/06/05 - 20050223067 - Providing snippets relevant to a search query in a conversation-based email system
A system and method for searching messages is disclosed that includes searching a message repository to identify one or more messages relevant to a search query, Each identified message belongs to a respective conversation, where each conversation includes one or more messages which share a common set of characteristics that ...

10/06/05 - 20050223066 - Displaying conversation views in a conversation-based email system
A method and system of processing messages is described that includes receiving a plurality of messages directed to a user, wherein each message has a unique message identifier. Each of the received messages is associated with a respective conversation to which it belongs. Each conversation includes a respective conversation identifier ...

10/06/05 - 20050223065 - Corporate electronic mail framing
A server for modifying electronic mail messages being sent from a computer network, the original electronic mail messages being sent with an electronic mail server by users of the network to recipients, the server including a database storing frame content as well recipient and user identifiers and framing rules; and ...

10/06/05 - 20050223064 - Method and system for electronic message retraction
A system and method for retracting an electronic mail document stored in a mail database of a Server sent from a sender to a recipient. A fetch monitor at the Server monitors activity on the mail document and marks the status of the mail document accordingly. A fetch control issues ...

10/06/05 - 20050223063 - Quick reply form
A system and method for dynamically updating the recipient email addresses of a response message in response to a user selection of a response option without altering a response message. ...

10/06/05 - 20050223062 - Method and apparatus for automatic e-mail response interruption based on user activity
The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for automatic e-mail response interruption based on user activity. An e-mail message having an “interrupt” type designation is sent from an originator, and directed to one or more recipients. The receiving e-mail client filters incoming messages and determines whether an ...

10/06/05 - 20050223061 - Methods and systems for processing email messages
Systems and methods for processing email messages are described. In one embodiment, the occurrence of a condition is determined indicating at least one email message transfer of an email message by an email application, wherein determining the occurrence of the condition is external to the email application, the email message ...

10/06/05 - 20050223060 - Retrieving information for processing a received electronic message
System and techniques are described for retrieving information relating to a received electronic message. Upon receipt of an incoming electronic message in a computer system, meta information stored in the computer system is accessed. The meta information identifies a first pre-selected class of a plurality of classes of stored fact ...

09/29/05 - 20050216567 - System and method for email delivery for shared domain name
Systems and methods of the present invention allow for delivery of email messages to email addresses associated with the shared domain names. A Routing Mail Server may determine a network address or a geographical location of a Sender and forward email message to a Recipient associated with that network address ...

09/29/05 - 20050216566 - Expanded addressee sort/listing
An enhanced email program/service is provided to facilitate provisioning for a user an expanded addressee ordered listing of emails including expanded listing entries for emails addressed to one or more addressees of interest as secondary and/or member addressees, in addition to listing entries where the one or more addressees of ...

09/29/05 - 20050216565 - Group communication system based on presence information and client device
When the status of a client X is changed to a status i, a group management unit generates a group agent Xi, corresponding to the status i and registers the generated group agent in the server S, and the presence issuing unit issues the status i and the identifier of ...

09/29/05 - 20050216564 - Method and apparatus for analysis of electronic communications containing imagery
A method and apparatus are provided for analyzing an electronic communication containing imagery, e.g., to determine whether or not the electronic communication is a spam communication. In one embodiment, an inventive method includes detecting one or more regions of imagery in a received electronic communication and applying pre-processing techniques to ...

09/29/05 - 20050216563 - System and method for exposing instant messenger presence information on a mobile device
A cross-process layer is generally directed to exposing instant messenger (IM) presence information on a mobile device. An application program interface (API) is provided that allows clients to retrieve IM presence information for display regardless of the IM service provider providing the IM presence information. The IM service providers therefore ...

09/29/05 - 20050216562 - Methods for providing information access to network devices
Systems, apparatus and methods are described for providing information access to network devices. A directory server registers identification information about a first network device coupled to a first network. The first network and the directory server may be coupled to a second network, which may include a wide area network, ...

09/22/05 - 20050210115 - Device, program and method for assisting in preparing email
An email preparation assisting device automatically produces human-relations information about human relations with a recipient to whom an email is to be sent. In order to realize this, term extraction member extracts terms from emails stored in a sent/received email storing section. Term usage frequency calculation member calculates the usage ...

09/22/05 - 20050210114 - Interactive messaging system
The interactive messaging system of the present invention provides for an interactive communication process between users, both senders and recipients. The sender composes a message by filling in a template stored in data services. Once completed, the sender pushes the message to a recipient's wireless device if the wireless device ...

09/22/05 - 20050210113 - Presence information sharing method and system
An IM(X) server 3 receives a notification of a change of presence information from a client A1 (S902), and sends a change notification message for notifying the change of the presence information to a presence server 5 (S906). Then, the presence server 5 sends the change notification message received from ...

09/22/05 - 20050210112 - System and method for integrating multiple messaging systems
A system and method for allowing a sender to use a generic message entry form for all messaging systems, including email, instant messaging, and the like. The user enters the recipient's name and the message, and a dispatch server intelligently routes the message to the recipient using an appropriate messaging ...

09/22/05 - 20050210111 - E-mail server, e-mail terminal and programs
An e-mail terminal receives a URL and specification information which specifies a condition for obtaining web page data indicated by the URL, and transmits an e-mail which includes the URL and the specification information to an e-mail server. The e-mail server receives the e-mail which includes the URL and the ...

09/22/05 - 20050210110 - Portable information terminal and computer software
A portable information terminal performs current position detection by detecting the current position of a user based on position information received from an artificial satellite and position information received from a base station; A position information URL indicative of the current position detected by the current position detection is acquired ...

09/22/05 - 20050210109 - Load balancing mechanism for publish/subscribe broker messaging system
A system and method for load balancing a publish/subscribe messaging system comprising a topic subscription program, a publication program, and a message delivery program is disclosed. The topic subscription program allows a subscriber to subscribe to a topic, and to share a subscription to that topic with other subscribers within ...

09/22/05 - 20050210108 - System and method for creating customized electronic messages
A system and method for creating customized electronic messages to allow for enhanced and customized appearance and presentation of electronic messages. This system and method takes an original electronic message, retrieves a wrapper from a set of wrappers located on a wrapper server, creates a branded electronic message prior to ...

09/22/05 - 20050210107 - Method, system and computer program product for generating and processing a disposable email address
Disposable email address generation, and processing thereof at a disposable address system are provided. The generated disposable email address includes a hostname domain, a username, a domain tag, and a passcode, wherein the passcode is selected by a user employing a user chosen algorithm of a plurality of passcode validation ...

09/22/05 - 20050210106 - System and method for detecting and filtering unsolicited and undesired electronic messages
A sending device locates and stores identifying information for each electronic message sent by the device. A receiving device, upon receipt of an electronic message, locates identifying information for the electronic message and the purported sending device of the message. The receiving device communicates a confirmation request to the purported ...

09/15/05 - 20050204012 - Preventing acceptance of undesired electronic messages (spam)
Disclosed is a system and method for utilizing fault tolerant features of a message delivery protocol to prevent acceptance of a message from an unknown sender by a recipient's message server (typically ‘spam’), unless either the recipient or server administrator give explicit permission. When a sender contacts a receiving message ...

09/15/05 - 20050204011 - Dynamic private email aliases
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for dynamically creating email aliases which are related to a communication context. The method includes the steps of establishing one or more identification indicia, where the indicia correspond to identifying strings related to the communication context, establishing a parameter string comprising one ...

09/15/05 - 20050204010 - Mail exchange apparatus, mail exchange system, storage medium and mail exchange method
The memory cartridge which has identification data corresponding to its appearance is inserted to the mail exchange apparatus. The mail exchange apparatus displays a content of mail read from the inserted memory cartridge and an animal image corresponding to its identification data on the television monitor. ...

09/15/05 - 20050204009 - System, method and computer program product for prioritizing messages
A system, method and computer program product for prioritizing a message are described. In one embodiment, information about one or more characteristics of a message may be obtained. A score for the message may be calculated based on the obtained information. A priority based on the calculated score may then ...

09/15/05 - 20050204008 - System and method for controlling the downstream preservation and destruction of electronic mail
A system and method for controlling the downstream preservation and destruction of electronic mail by encrypting the electronic mail and limiting access to the encrypted file based on registration of recipient e-mail addresses, and detection and restriction of output functionality available to the recipient. The registration procedure limits access to ...

09/15/05 - 20050204007 - Apparatus method and system for automatically populating an interactive messaging contact list
Information related to online users associated with a user is retrieved from one or more contact sources and parsed to resolve contact information such as email addresses, first names, and last names. The retrieved contact information is validated on a messaging server, presented to a user for acceptance or rejection, ...

09/15/05 - 20050204006 - Message junk rating interface
The present invention relates to a system and/or method that facilitate viewing and organizing incoming messages based on their respective junk ratings. More specifically, the system and method provide for exposing the junk rating of substantially all messages in the user interface, thereby improving management and organization of messages. In ...

09/15/05 - 20050204005 - Selective treatment of messages based on junk rating
The present invention provides a unique system and method that mitigates viewing potentially offensive or spam-like content such as in a preview pane. In particular the system and/or method involve assigning a junk score to a message and then determining an appropriate treatment of the message based on its junk ...

09/15/05 - 20050204004 - Method and apparatus for managing status in a messaging program
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for identifying a number of current conversations open for a user in the messaging application. The user status is set to busy if the number of current conversations for the user equals a threshold. The status may be changed back to the original state ...

09/15/05 - 20050204003 - Rules interface for implementing message rules on a mobile computing device
Described is a system and method for filtering messages received by a message-handling program, that leverage the existing message-handling architecture of computer devices to trigger events and perform other actions instead of (or in addition to) displaying the messages to users. One or more rule clients, e.g., COM objects, register ...

09/15/05 - 20050204002 - Dynamic online email catalog and trust relationship management system and method
A system is described for a Dynamic Online Email Catalog useful in providing a means to collect, categorize, arrange, store and display direct email marketing messages for the benefit of users by way of secure web access to assigned private user areas. The catalog further provides a means for ranking ...

09/15/05 - 20050204001 - Method and devices for prioritizing electronic messages
Importance classes are assigned to electronic messages, by identifying the sender and recipient of an electronic message, determining a relative organizational distance between the sender and the recipient, and assigning the electronic message an importance class, according to the relative organizational distance between the sender and the recipient. The importance ...

09/08/05 - 20050198182 - Method and apparatus to use a genetic algorithm to generate an improved statistical model
A method and apparatus to provide an improved statistical model is disclosed. In one embodiment a statistical model for an electronic communication media is generated. The statistical model based on a predetermined set of features of the electronic communication. The statistical model is thereafter processed with a genetic algorithm (GA) ...

09/08/05 - 20050198181 - Method and apparatus to use a statistical model to classify electronic communications
A method and apparatus to use a statistical model to classify electronic communications is disclosed. In one embodiment, an incoming electronic communication is analyzed in view of a preformulated statistical model to determine whether the communication is to be classified within at least one predetermined category. In one embodiment, the ...

09/08/05 - 20050198180 - Method and system for providing automatic email address book
An address book is created automatically when a user sends, replies or forwards mail. The email addresses and mobile numbers to which a mail or message has been sent are stored in the address book. This information is presented to the user the next time he tries to compose another ...

09/08/05 - 20050198179 - Management of message stores
The present invention relates to managing storage of messages remotely. A first message relocation command is transmitted from a terminal to adaptation means receiving management commands from the terminal and defining management commands to the server. The adaptation means determine a second message relocation command based on the first message ...

09/08/05 - 20050198178 - Email system
The present invention is an email system which has an email distribution system server that distributes email to specified addresses on the basis of terminal discriminating information for various types of terminals (12, 14) constituting the transmission sources and transmission destinations of the email. The email distribution system server 2 ...

09/08/05 - 20050198177 - Opting out of spam
A method for dealing with unwanted email advertising, having at least two of the following steps: a. automatically opting-out of unwanted email advertising; b. forwarding unwanted email advertising to a service which opts-out users; c. forwarding unwanted email advertising to a service which researches the advertising to help users assess ...

09/08/05 - 20050198176 - System and method for granting deposit-contingent e-mailing rights
An Email guarantee deposit method, system, and program product, with the method comprising in one embodiment, the steps of: receiving from a sender a request to send to a recipient an Email; receiving a deposit or an authorization to obtain a deposit of something of value; sending the Email to ...

09/08/05 - 20050198175 - Systems and methods for optimizing dynamic mailings
Methods and systems provide for creating and generating dynamic mailings which include providing for static and dynamic content to be included in a dynamically generated e-mail; establishing filters for determining dynamic content; establishing a generic e-mail including static and dynamic content; selecting dynamic content using the filters; generating a dynamic ...

09/08/05 - 20050198174 - Economic solution to the spam problem
An economic-based solution is provided for regulating electronic messages (commonly referred to as spam). Analogous to a standard bond mechanism, delivering email to an inbox requires an unknown sender to place a small pledge into escrow with a third party. If the recipient expects further communication with a particular sender, ...

09/08/05 - 20050198173 - System and method for controlling receipt of electronic messages
A system and method for controlling receipt of electronic messages by considering permission authorization information which may be associated with, or transmitted in or with the electronic messages, is provided. The permission authorization information may also take the form of an alias for recipients' actual messaging addresses. A user-defined profile ...

09/08/05 - 20050198172 - Organizing entries in participant lists based on communications strengths
Organizing a participant list includes maintaining a participant list of users of an electronic communications system to be used by a first user of the electronic communications system. Communications strengths between the first user and each of the users included in the participant list are determined. The users included in ...

09/08/05 - 20050198171 - Managing electronic messages using contact information
A system may include an electronic messaging management application that may access contact information. The contact information may include information maintained by one or more system users. The electronic messaging management application may determine how to process an incoming electronic message using at least a portion of the contact information. ...

09/08/05 - 20050198170 - Secure electronic message transport protocol
An electronic message transport protocol applies two distinct sub-protocols, a message transport protocol and an encryption key management protocol, which operate in tandem to provide enhanced security. The protocol may employ an existing SMTP infrastructure to transport secure email messages, and a key server implementing the key management protocol to ...

09/08/05 - 20050198169 - Storage process and system for electronic messages
A storage process for electronic messages, the process including the steps of receiving an electronic message over a messages network, generating metadata for the message that verifies content of the message, and archiving the message and the metadata to verify sending and content of the message. The invention also relates ...

09/08/05 - 20050198168 - Messaging protocol discovery
A messaging server (116) supports a relational message transport protocol (RMTP). The RMTP server (116) discovers whether other messaging servers on a network (112) support the RMTP. In pre-discovery, the RMTP server (116) uses (320) simple mail transport protocol (SMTP) command lines to discover whether another messaging server supports RMTP. ...

09/08/05 - 20050198167 - Method and computer program product for establishing real-time communications between networked computers
A system, method, and computer program product is provided for establishing real-time communications between computer users connected by a communications network. An invitation is created by a first computer. An invitation is data that proposes a communication session. An invitation can indicate the status or availability of the sending user ...

09/08/05 - 20050198166 - Mail program, e-mail device, and method for managing e-mail messages
To manage data received through e-mail and data received through means other than e-mail correctively by managing message body and attached files received through e-mail as separate files manageable by the OS. When an e-mail message is received, a command to convert and store the message body and its attached ...

09/08/05 - 20050198165 - Systems and methods for electronic information distribution
Systems and methods secure electronic information distribution are described. In one described system, a sender creates a package, specifying the attributes, files, and recipients associated with the package. The package is received at a package distribution server, which stores the package and transmits a notification to the recipient of the ...

09/08/05 - 20050198164 - Method and system for providing universal relay services
An approach for providing instant messaging (IM) services is disclosed. A request is received from a source client to establish communication with a destination client associated with a subscriber over a first IM environment, wherein the request specifies a first user name derived from a unique identifier of the subscriber. ...

09/08/05 - 20050198163 - Method and apparatus for teaching about conception of power
Method and apparatus for using computerized chat rooms to allow participants to interact with one another without revealing to other participants their true identity, wherein participants are given pseudo identities that are presented to other participants during a training exercise, and wherein the pseudo identities are revealed in one or ...

09/08/05 - 20050198162 - Method and system of collaborative browsing
A dynamic collaborative-browsing system enables client programs connected to a computer network to join and leave groups or sessions, to collaboratively browse together as a session, to communicate with other client programs in the session. Each client program in the session may act as a session leader, or may just ...

09/08/05 - 20050198161 - Multimedia message transfer
A method for multi-media message transfer transmits a message to multiple recipients. The method includes receiving a message addressed to multiple recipients. The method also includes determining an indication of a state of each recipient. The method also includes transmitting an acknowledgement. The acknowledgment includes at least one message identifying ...

09/08/05 - 20050198160 - System and method for finding and using styles in electronic communications
We describe what we mean by styles, and show how these can be extracted from electronic messages. We describe the special and important case of email. We show how styles can be used to detect possible spam in a group of messages. We give details of many styles. These are ...

09/08/05 - 20050198159 - Method and system for categorizing and processing e-mails based upon information in the message header and smtp session
An e-mail filtering method and system that categorizes received e-mail messages based on information about the origin, such as the sender sending the message or the site from where the message was sent, which is contained in the message header and the SMTP session used to send the message. This ...

09/08/05 - 20050198158 - Integrating a web-based business application with existing client-side electronic mail systems
A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods are described in the context of a web-based business information system having an internal e-mail facility, wherein e-mail communications between a native e-mail system of an end user of the web-based business information system and an external contact are facilitated ...

09/08/05 - 20050198157 - Method and apparatus for a virtual mail house system
The present invention is a Virtual Mail House System that is an Internet-based management of direct mail campaigns from creation through completion that enables real time status reporting for customers. It entails online storage of Databases (a list of addresses to which physical mailers are sent), an online Library (a ...

09/08/05 - 20050198156 - Method of handling message communication between network entities
A method of handling problematic message communications between network entities includes modifying a completed, generated message before it is processed by an intended recipient. A message modifier, which is a software module in one example, is incorporated into a communication system so that the message modifier can modify messages without ...

09/08/05 - 20050198155 - Communications system using hierarchical queue structure for email message delivery and related methods
A communications system may include at least one destination server for hosting email message boxes, and communications devices for generating email messages each associated with a respective message box. A delivery server may have a plurality of queues and a controller. The controller may store the email messages in a ...

09/08/05 - 20050198154 - Runtime validation of messages for enhanced web service processing
Inbound processing of web service request messages at runtime is enhanced by providing validation of the message structure against corresponding schema, at an intermediary web service server rather than at the web service application (e.g., web service application). Hence, there is minimal delay in responding to the client upon determining ...

09/08/05 - 20050198153 - Automated electronic message filing system
A system, system, and program for efficient filing of electronic messages in a filing system are provided. At least one filing folder is suggested for filing a particular electronic message. The suggested filing folder is graphically distinguished from the remainder of the folders in the filing system, such that selection ...

09/08/05 - 20050198152 - Computer with a personal digital assistant
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment determine whether a window meets a criteria. If the window meets the criteria, the window is sent to a personal digital assistant. If the window does meet the criteria, then the window is sent to a computer display. In ...

09/08/05 - 20050198151 - Method and apparatus for a message targeting and filtering database system
A method and apparatus for a message targeting and filtering database system are provided to deliver bulk messages to demographically selected audiences of willing recipients while preserving each recipient's anonymity and control over his private personal data, accomplished by means of a radically distributed database technique in which all operations ...

09/08/05 - 20050198150 - Instant message mass update generated from website entry
A quick and efficient method of disbursing system “alerts” and “updates” to computers utilizes automated IM messages that are sent to targeted IM groups, where the groups are “targeted” by a system administrator based upon the definitions of the various IM groups. The automated IM will appear as a “pop ...

09/08/05 - 20050198149 - Instant messaging http gateway
In accordance with at least one embodiment, a system comprising an HTTP gateway which is adapted to establish a communication link with an HTTP server. The system further comprises an instant messaging communication subsystem which is adapted to enable communication between a plurality of instant messaging user interfaces coupled to ...

09/08/05 - 20050198148 - Message exchange pattern tracking to avoid invalid message exchange
Mechanisms for enforcing a message exchange pattern. When two computing systems communicate in order to accomplish a particular task, they engage in a particular message exchange pattern. Given certain progress through the message exchange pattern, the message exchange pattern may restrict which computing system may send what kind of messages. ...

09/08/05 - 20050198147 - Instant messaging using telephone sets
A method and an apparatus for providing Instant Messaging (IM) capability in digital telephone sets is disclosed. The invention allows telephone users to compose and display Instant Messages and to exchange contact lists with other telephone users or users of an Internet-based messaging system. The method of the invention in ...

09/08/05 - 20050198146 - System and method for targeted notifications tracking
An example of a solution provided here comprises parsing stored information, and automatically sending at least one customized message; components of the customized message are derived from the parsing. Another example comprises extracting message components from stored information, creating a customized message, based on a recipient's role in a project, ...

09/08/05 - 20050198145 - Pay e-mail methods and systems
A database can be compiled, which includes a list of pre-approved e-mail addresses from which e-mail messages thereof are approved for transmission to a particular e-mail recipient. Thereafter, a particular e-mail address is automatically compared to the database of pre-approved e-mail addresses, in response to transmitting an e-mail message from ...

09/08/05 - 20050198144 - System and method for extracting and managing message addresses
A system and method is disclosed for extracting and maintaining in a virtual address book one or more electronic mail addresses from one or more of the various address fields (e.g., “From,” “To,” “Cc,” “Bcc”) of one or more e-mail messages either transmitted from or received at a predetermined network ...

09/08/05 - 20050198143 - System and method for replying to related messages
A system and method is provided which utilizes a threading service to offer enhanced features for a document management system including an email system. Various enhanced email features may be provided through one or more of the following components: a delete module, a reply module, a profile module, and a ...

09/08/05 - 20050198142 - Method and device for processing electronic mail undesirable for user
Emails are received and the received emails are classified and accumulated based on relay path information contained in the header of each email. For each of the classified groups, a judgment is made according to a judgment rule including at least (1) the number of received emails per unit time ...

09/01/05 - 20050193078 - Text message delivery features for an interactive wireless network
In general, in one aspect, one embodiment of the present disclosure features a message delivery method. The method includes the steps of receiving a message including delivery instruction and delivery information indicating a time at which the message is to be delivered to a communication device of a recipient; storing ...

09/01/05 - 20050193077 - Device and method for informing of mail arrival
A header information analyzing unit that analyzes header information of an e-mail received by a mail receiving unit includes a destination determining unit that determines whether the received e-mail is directed to a specific address for a receiver of the e-mail or directed to multiple addresses including the receiver's mail ...

09/01/05 - 20050193076 - Collecting, aggregating, and managing information relating to electronic messages
A method and apparatus for managing information relating to electronic messages is provided. A first set of data related to one or more message senders is obtained from a first source, such as an email sever or email gateway. Each message sender has sent one or more electronic messages. A ...

09/01/05 - 20050193075 - Method, apparatus and system for regulating electronic mail
A Postal Authority regulated e-Mail messaging application is provided over a public network to a plurality of mailers and addressees using authenticated transaction records. The application transmits at least one e-Mail message through at least one e-Mail account configured for a specific class of service. The application creates transaction records ...

09/01/05 - 20050193074 - Method of communications via e-mail with media file attachment
The method of communications via e-mail with media file attachment incorporates advanced communications methods into an e-mail system while enhancing the delayed conversation effect inherent in communications via e-mail reply. User messages are recorded in media files and attached to e-mail letters. The media files include identification information associating the ...

09/01/05 - 20050193073 - (more) advanced spam detection features
The present invention involves a system and method that facilitate extracting data from messages for spam filtering. The extracted data can be in the form of features, which can be employed in connection with machine learning systems to build improved filters. Data associated with the subject line, timestamps, and the ...

09/01/05 - 20050193072 - Classifying e-mail connections for policy enforcement
A method and system for the policy-based restriction of electronic mail transmissions. A method for classifying electronic mail message transfer requests for policy enforcement can include identifying a source of an incoming electronic message, classifying the source, and applying a message transfer policy associated with the classification for the source. ...

09/01/05 - 20050193071 - Session to track actual e-mail handling time
A method and apparatus are provided for measuring a time of considering an e-mail message received by an agent of an automatic contact distribution system. The method includes the steps of detecting each opening and closing of the e-mail received by the agent, measuring an elapsed time between each detected ...

09/01/05 - 20050193070 - Providing a portion of an electronic mail message based upon a transfer rate, a message size, and a file format
A method and an apparatus for providing a portion of an electronic mail message based upon a transfer rate, a message size, and a file format are presented. The method includes determining whether it is desirable to provide less than all of an electronic mail message and determining a format ...

09/01/05 - 20050193069 - Providing a portion of an electronic mail message based upon a transfer rate and a message size
A method and an apparatus for providing a portion of an electronic mail message based upon a transfer rate and a message size are presented. The method includes determining a value associated with a data transfer rate, determining a value associated with a size of an electronic mail message, and ...

09/01/05 - 20050193068 - Providing a portion of an electronic mail message at a reduced resolution
A method and an apparatus for providing a portion of an electronic mail message having a reduced resolution are presented. The method includes determining whether it is desirable to provide less than all of an electronic mail message, selecting a portion of the electronic mail message, and reducing a resolution ...

09/01/05 - 20050193067 - Method and system for synchronizing a drafts folder
A method and system for synchronizing a draft of an email is described. The system includes a computer device and a handheld device in communication with the computer device via a wireless communication network. The system further includes a saving module located in one or the other device to allow ...

09/01/05 - 20050193066 - Data protection for applications on a mobile electronic device
A method and system for data protection for applications that includes registering applications with a storage cleaning mechanism so that the registered applications can receive notification of impending storage cleaning operations. Upon receiving notification of an impending cleaning operation, the registered applications can release or unreference storage so it can ...

09/01/05 - 20050193065 - E-mail processing server
An SMTP server 100 for relaying an e-mail which is transmitted between cellular phones and performing a lottery to award a prize to users of the cellular phones, has a receiving portion 101 for receiving the e-mail from a sender-side cellular phone 200, a sending portion 103 for sending the ...

09/01/05 - 20050193064 - Method and system for forwarding smtp traffic
A method for rerouting email communications for a user (often a traveler) to send emails even when not connected. A method for routing email communications so that they will be received by email servers. The method comprises identifying the outgoing communication as an email before it reaches the wide area ...

08/25/05 - 20050188046 - Method and apparatus for monitoring multiple electronic mail systems
A method for monitoring multiple electronic mail systems includes the steps of: a) configuring an e-mail system polling process on a user's machine; b) polling a number of e-mail systems from the user's machine; c) retrieving data from the e-mail systems concerning mail intended for the user; and d) storing ...

08/25/05 - 20050188045 - System for eliminating unauthorized electronic mail
A system for eliminating unauthorized email sent to a user on a network employs an email-receiving server connected between the network and the user's email client for receiving email addressed to the user and rejecting those in which the sender address does not match any of sender addresses maintained on ...

08/25/05 - 20050188044 - Method and system for filtering unauthorized electronic mail messages
A computer system and method for filtering unauthorized electronic mail messages that are sent by senders to a user. The system includes a list of the identifications of the senders who are authorized to send an electronic mail message to the user. When an electronic mail message is received, the ...

08/25/05 - 20050188043 - Addresses as objects for email messages
The present invention is directed at a system and process for allowing a user to treat email addresses as objects. This allows easy manipulation of the email addresses, such as allowing them to be added to a contact list, copied to the computer's clipboard, or double-clicked to open the related ...

08/25/05 - 20050188042 - Communication terminal and mail server
The present invention relates to a communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving electronic mails and to a mail server for performing the overall management relating to transmitting and receiving the electronic mails. The object of the present invention is to avoid damages caused by various spam mails flexibly and ...

08/25/05 - 20050188041 - Message processing device, message management method and storage medium for storing message management program
A method and system of providing a receiver state list with names of receivers of a message, the title of the message, confirmation information indicating whether or not receivers of the message confirmed content of the message, completion information indicating whether or not the business related to the message is ...

08/25/05 - 20050188040 - Electronic message management system with entity risk classification
An electronic message management system, including a risk assessment engine to assess risks associated with accepting messages from a number of tracked entities, such as senders, servers, and so forth, is described. ...

08/25/05 - 20050188039 - Method and system for message content delivery
A method and system are provided for delivery of messages. A publishing application (404) includes means for publishing a message via a communication infrastructure (402) and one or more subscriber applications (408, 409) include means for receiving a message from the communication infrastructure (402). A message content schema (410) is ...

08/25/05 - 20050188038 - Method, device and computer readable medium for classifying electronic mails
Classification of e-mails stored in a storage device of an e-mail terminal into groups by the e-mail terminal. The method includes: storing to a storage device of the e-mail terminal relations between keywords and groups, wherein each of the relations is capable of relating a single keyword with plural groups; ...

08/25/05 - 20050188037 - Sensor-driven message management apparatus
A message management apparatus receives messages with associated sensor conditions, compares the sensor conditions with corresponding sensor outputs, and displays the messages according to the results. If the sensor condition associated with a message is satisfied for at least a predetermined time, the apparatus may notify the sender of the ...

08/25/05 - 20050188036 - E-mail filtering system and method
An e-mail filtering system determines whether a received e-mail is an unsolicited e-mail or a possible unsolicited e-mail. If the received e-mail is an unsolicited e-mail, a URL contained in the received e-mail is registered in a memory. If the received e-mail is a possible unsolicited e-mail, a search is ...

08/25/05 - 20050188035 - Efficient mail filtering techniques
A mail filter device allowing processing time to be reduce is provided. The SMTP processor relays commands and responses exchanged between SMTP client and SMTP server and performs content check during message relaying. TCP/IP terminations share header information through a connection manager, keeping TCP/IP header information identical both between the ...

08/25/05 - 20050188034 - Electronic message management system with header analysis
An electronic message management system, including in one embodiment, header analysis criteria with associated scores, as well as analysis and scoring methods, is disclosed and described herein. ...

08/25/05 - 20050188033 - Method and apparatus for message transmission verification
A method and apparatus improve the user-friendliness of messaging systems. A message sender is requested to create a message ID which is used to identify a message being sent by the message sender. At some later time the message sender can query the message center using the sender generated message ...

08/25/05 - 20050188032 - Mass mail detection system and mail server
The present invention is to provide a mass mail detection device that eliminates the need for preparation of rules or learning in advance and operates at a high speed. Electronic mail collecting means analyzes the electronic mail delivery protocol that flows on the network, and extracts an electronic mail main ...

08/25/05 - 20050188031 - Methods and apparatuses for increasing the timeliness and accuracy with which electronic mail massages are communicated
An e-mail message system that evaluates each e-mail message address. During evaluation one or more portions of the address are compared to corresponding valid address portions or to portions of other addresses. These address portions include the user name portion, the domain name portion, and the domain name-type extension, which ...

08/25/05 - 20050188030 - Auto-forwarding and auto-delegating email folder control
An email agent includes special folders enabling a busy executive to speed up forwarding of email messages, delegate their processing and obtain notification of the message processing. An Auto-Forwarding folder comprising various recipient choices automatically forwards selected message to desired recipients (or to a list of recipients). Optionally a predefined ...

08/25/05 - 20050188029 - Forming a message from information shown on display
A method of forming a message from information contents shown on a display, wherein information contents associated with at least one file or information flow are shown, opened, on a display of a terminal device and, using pointing means, at least some of the information contents are selected. In response ...

08/25/05 - 20050188028 - System for managing e-mail traffic
According to a first embodiment of the invention, if an e-mail sender attempts to make too many connections within a predetermined period of time, the excess connections are automatically rejected. According to a second embodiment of the invention, an agreement is established between an e-mail sender and an e-mail recipient ...

08/25/05 - 20050188027 - Communications system with interface for enabling communication of alerts to mobile wireless communications devices
An interface device, method and computer-readable program includes a proxy operative as an agent for communicating with a plurality of mobile wireless devices using different operating protocols. A device information module is operative with the proxy and determines functional features of a wireless mobile communications device and selects a configuration ...

08/25/05 - 20050188026 - Email distribution system and method
Embodiments of the present invention include systems, methods, and computer readable media for processing electronic mail attachments. Embodiments of the present invention intercept electronic mail messages containing attachments, and transmit the attachments to a file server. A message parser removes the file attachments from the messages and inserts hypertext links ...

08/25/05 - 20050188025 - Optimized collecting, processing and sharing of e-mail opt-out, unsubscribe or remove information
A method and system for optimized collecting, processing and sharing of e-mail opt-out, unsubscribe or remove information is disclosed. After opt-out or unsubscribe information is received or collected, it is stored in a database for subsequent processing, evaluation, distribution and updating. The information can then be utilized for optimized e-mail ...

08/25/05 - 20050188024 - Identification of spoofed email
A system, method and computer program product are provided for identifying spoofed emails. According to the method, an email addressed to a recipient in a first network is received, with the email including a plurality of headers, and at least one of the plurality of headers including a sender address. ...

08/25/05 - 20050188023 - Method and apparatus for filtering spam email
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing unwanted email messages in a data processing system. An interface is provided for a user to select members of a reviewing group of users. Input is collected from each member of the reviewing group of users as to whether a particular email ...

08/25/05 - 20050188022 - Method and apparatus to provide a human-usable interface to conversational support
A conversation support framework supports long running human interactions with conversation-enabled applications installed at remote locations. The conversation support may be provided for a user's personal computer (PC) or personal digital assistant (PDA), either as a “thick” or “thin” client implementation. The framework includes conversation support communicating with a browser ...

08/25/05 - 20050188021 - Cluster architecture having a star topology with centralized services
A cluster of architecture having a star topology with the central services node at its center. Application server instances are organized in a star topology with the central services node at its center. The central services node may include services such as a messaging server for interinstance cluster communications. A ...

08/25/05 - 20050188020 - E-mail certification service
A method is provided to handle an electronic mail message such that the receiver of the e-mail message can verify the integrity of the message. A request is provided from a sender's side to a service. The request includes information regarding the e-mail message. The service processes at least a ...

08/25/05 - 20050188019 - Method and system for sending bulk electronic messages
A method and system for sending massive e-mail messages that include test messages sent to selected small portions of the global targeted audience. A message containing the text or content part of the message can be stored and retrieved for inclusion in each test message so that the content does ...

08/25/05 - 20050188018 - Information transmission/reception device
An information transmission/reception device, an information processing device and method, an information transmission managing device and method, an information reception managing device and method, a recording medium, and a program which are intended to provide better communication between senders and receivers of electronic mail are provided. An electronic mail message ...

08/25/05 - 20050188017 - Information distribution method, server, and program
A method for distributing information to multiple users by a server via a network, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting notice information to a destination e-mail address of a registered user whose user information, including a unique user ID and the destination e-mail address, has been stored, the notice ...

08/18/05 - 20050182820 - Method for controlling access to an electronic message
A method for controlling access to an electronic message comprising: specifying an addressee for an electronic message; determining a message context for the electronic message by specifying one or more conditions selected from a group comprising a time condition, a location of the addressee condition and at least one other ...

08/11/05 - 20050177622 - Scalable ip-based notification architecture for unified messaging
A notification architecture utilizes multiple processes configured for managing notification operations based on reception of SMTP-based messages within IMAP based message stores. The notification architecture enables use of multiple instances of a notification process, each configured for receiving notification messages for respective subscribers from messaging sources according to a prescribed ...

08/11/05 - 20050177621 - System and method for addressing messages
A system allows a user to use address information from selected message to create a new message that is unrelated to the selected message. These improved reply options may include a “New Message To” command and a “New Message To All” command that do not establish a relationship between the ...

08/04/05 - 20050172004 - Methods and apparatuses for certifying electronic messages
In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an electronic message; detect an originating server associated with the electronic message; confirm with the originating server that the originating server sent the electronic message; determine a trustworthy status of the originating server; and selectively present the electronic message to a recipient ...

08/04/05 - 20050172003 - Intelligent email services
An intelligent email service for a web-based intranet server such as a ColdFusion server that automatically generates emails is provided. The intelligent email service provides a periodic verification of normal email spooler activity. Should the spooler be malfunctioning, the intelligent email service restarts the spooler and notifies the server's system ...

08/04/05 - 20050172002 - System and method for remote configuration
A method of remotely configuring a mailing system includes initiating communication between the mailing system and a service provider infrastructure, conveying mailing system identification to the service provider infrastructure, creating a procedures list including programs and revisions required for additional functions and options to be installed on the mailing system, ...

07/28/05 - 20050165896 - Relevant email ads for domain name advertiser
Systems and methods of the present invention allow for providing suggested domain names in connection to email messages. An email message is sent from a sender to a recipient. A domain name module generates suggested domain names based on the properties of the email message (e.g. content and headers) and/or ...

07/28/05 - 20050165895 - Classification of electronic mail into multiple directories based upon their spam-like properties
In an electronic mail system, an apparatus and method for providing, in addition to the conventional “Inbox” directory in which all incoming e-mails are normally received, a plurality of appropriately labeled directories for containing e-mails suspected of being spam, grading the level of spaminess of the incoming e-mails and then ...

07/21/05 - 20050160149 - Linking sounds and emoticons
A method and apparatus for linking sounds and emoticons to allow a recipient of a message containing an emoticon to hear audio associated with the emoticon. In one aspect of the invention, a first user or sender establishes a link or association between the emoticon being sent and a sound ...

07/21/05 - 20050160148 - System for determining degrees of similarity in email message information
Similarity of email message characteristics is used to detect bulk and spam email. A determination of “sameness” for purposes of both bulk and spam classifications can use any number and type of evaluation modules. Each module can include one or more rules, tests, processes, algorithms, or other functionality. For example, ...

07/21/05 - 20050160147 - E-mail to physical mail converter
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment convert e-mail into physical mail. In various embodiments, if a recipient identifier in the e-mail is an e-mail address, the recipient identifier is retained. But, if the recipient identifier in the e-mail is not an e-mail address, the recipient ...

07/21/05 - 20050160146 - Modular integration of communication modalities
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for integrating standard communication modalities, in which a first communication is received from a first communication system using a first standard communication protocol. That first communication is then converted into a second communication at a messaging server. The second communication is compatible with ...

07/21/05 - 20050160145 - System and method for facilitating collaboration in a shared email repository
The present invention facilitates collaboration on electronic messages. Methods are provided in which an electronic message is stored and presented to users. A user is allowed to perform an action on the electronic message and the action is recorded. Additionally, the record is associated with the electronic message. The users ...

07/21/05 - 20050160144 - System and method for filtering network messages
A system and method for filtering network messages, e.g., electronic mail, instant messages, etc. enables an administrator to control with whom other network users correspond, via a trusted list of network users or sources. The method includes the steps of determining an identity associated with a network message, comparing the ...

07/14/05 - 20050154782 - Data transmitting apparatus and method with control feature for transmitting data or transmitting a storage location of data
In a data transmission apparatus, an input unit inputs data, and a transmission unit transmits the inputted data to a destination. A discrimination unit discriminates an attribute of the inputted data, and a storage unit stores the inputted data to a predetermined memory. A control unit controls a transmission operation ...

07/07/05 - 20050149618 - System and method of transmitting electronic files over to a mobile phone
A method and system of transmitting electronic files over to a mobile phone is disclosed. The system introduces a personalized service by allowing the sender of an electronic file to add a personalized note to the WAP PUSH message, such that the receiver of the WAP PUSH message can be ...

06/30/05 - 20050144246 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for delivering time-sensitive content
A method for delivering a time-sensitive message to a recipient includes receiving the time-sensitive message, the time-sensitive message having a rule set for delivering the time-sensitive message. The rule set is extracted from the time-sensitive message. The rule set specifies a starting time and an expiration time for the time-sensitive ...

06/30/05 - 20050144245 - Email classifier
An email classifier gives users the ability to efficiently and easily assign category information to email messages. The email classifier may present a graphical window to a user interacting with an email message. Through the graphical window, the user enters information describing at least one category to which the email ...

06/30/05 - 20050144244 - System and method for granting deposit-contingent e-mailing rights
An Email guarantee deposit method, system, and program product, with the method comprising in one embodiment, the steps of: receiving from a sender a request to send to a recipient an Email; receiving a deposit or an authorization to obtain a deposit of something of value; sending the Email to ...

06/30/05 - 20050144243 - Multi-language wireless email transmission method for mobile communication
A method of wireless transmission of an email having a content in a language unsupported in a mobile communication system by Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) to a recipient using a mobile phone. An email server receives the email and extracts from the email text information indicative of the recipient and ...

06/30/05 - 20050144242 - Caching in an electronic messaging system
A messaging server (112, 612) stores messages exchanged using a messaging system. Messages, and components of messages, are cached (120, 618) closer to the messaging clients (116, 616). Messaging client (116, 616) requests for messages are served from the cache (120, 618) rather than from the messaging server (112, 612). ...

06/30/05 - 20050144241 - Systems and methods for a search-based email client
A search-based email client may incorporate a number of useful features. A search function can default to a search of all email contexts, thereby eliminating user cogitation over which context an email message may be stored in. Furthermore, the search function can automatically search for related personal content and/or related ...

06/30/05 - 20050144240 - Data communications
The present invention provides methods of, computer programs for and apparatus for control and/or observation of a device with communication capabilities by a controller device with hypertext or hypermedia communication capabilities. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to methods of, computer programs for and apparatus for control ...

06/30/05 - 20050144239 - Email sender verification system
A method and system for email sender verification. A tag is included in an email that contains an identity datum for the sender that is associated with their email address in a server. The email is sent via a network, thus associating a sender address with the email. At least ...

06/30/05 - 20050144238 - System and method to control sending of unsolicited communications relating to a plurality of listings in a network-based commerce facility
A system and method to control sending of unsolicited communications over a network is provided. Typically, the network is the Internet and the system defines a SPAM prevention tool for users of an on-line service, such as an on-line bidding service. Users may contact an intended recipient with a contact ...

06/30/05 - 20050144237 - Instant messaging terminal adapted for wi-fi access points
An instant messaging terminal manages multiple conversation sessions across multiple instant messaging services. The terminal includes a display for conversation session windows, a data entry device, a communications module for wireless network communication, and a control module for coordinating network access and controlling conversation session management. The data entry device ...

06/30/05 - 20050144236 - Identifying a device to a network
A communication arrangement includes a Short Message Service Center (SMS-SC), a permissions facility (such as a customer care facility) to associate permissions and service requests, and a network element configured to receive a Short Message Service message via the SMS-SC. The network element extracts a device identifier from the message, ...

06/30/05 - 20050144235 - Film transmission
The invention enables a short (typically 30s) advertising or other film to be multicast over the Internet. The film is embedded in the body of an electronic mail message for the network (rather than being sent as an attachment) so that the film runs as soon as the message is ...

06/23/05 - 20050138131 - Method and system for creating pervasive computing environments
A concise linked document language, a computer network client interpreting the concise linked document language, and exemplary applications using the concise linked document language. The concise linked document language incorporates features which allow presentation, acquisition, and document links using a distributed client composed of a computer network device linked via ...

06/23/05 - 20050138130 - Accelerator for object-oriented communications and method
A processing system includes a plurality of processing resources capable of executing a plurality of objects. The objects include a client object and one or more server objects. The client object is capable of requesting a service provided by at least one of the one or more server objects. The ...

06/23/05 - 20050138129 - Methods and systems of responsive messaging
Methods and systems for responding to messages such as electronic mail messages. Based on a request to send a response to an e-mail, the e-mail originator address may be used to determine the recipient. The recipient's presence or active use of a device is checked such as by consulting a ...

06/23/05 - 20050138128 - Method and device for grab transferring an instant messaging and presence (imp) session
A method for transferring an instant messaging and presence (IMP) session from a source device (101) to a target device (103) includes the steps of registering (130) the target device with an IMP server (105), sending (150, 152) historical IMP session information from the source device to the target device, ...

06/23/05 - 20050138127 - System and method for verifying intended contents of an electronic message
Embodiments of the present invention include a method and system for verifying intended contents of an electronic message comprising: accessing an electronic message destined for a recipient comprising a link to an intended data source. The method further includes accessing the intended data source and computing a first message digest ...

06/23/05 - 20050138126 - Peer-to-peer e-mail
E-mail service for an enterprise is provided by utilizing data storage capacity already available within the enterprise to store e-mail temporarily if the intended e-mail recipient is unable to receive the e-mail. This temporary e-mail storage, and ultimate delivery of the e-mail to its intended destination, can both be coordinated ...

06/23/05 - 20050138125 - Enterprise asset management by a third party expert system
A system and method to integrate an enterprise and an expert system in such a way that the expert system and the enterprise collaborate to both build and maintain the appropriate contact list and collect data regarding enterprise assets such as copiers, printers, and facsimile machines traditionally only available to ...

06/23/05 - 20050138124 - Multi-community instant messaging system and device
A multi-community instant messaging system, device and method are provided. The system includes a plurality of instant messaging communities, a network, and at least one mobile instant messaging device. The mobile instant messaging device provides a user interface for displaying a plurality community-specific icons, each community-specific icon providing an identification ...

06/23/05 - 20050138123 - Apparatus and method for offering event image mail service using multimedia messaging service
The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for offering an event image mail service using a multimedia messaging service and a computer-readable recording medium which records a program for performing the method. The apparatus for offering the event image mail service includes: an encoding means for editing multimedia data ...

06/16/05 - 20050132014 - Statistical models and methods to support the personalization of applications and services via consideration of preference encodings of a community of users
A statistical methodology is employed for assisting people with the setting of parameters of software applications or services. With the method, information about demographics and/or about the complete or partial preferences of other people, are analyzed to infer recommendations for settings and functionality of a computer application or service. A ...

06/16/05 - 20050132013 - Methods and systems of instant message secure client control
Methods and system for controlling the use of content over an instant message session between a source and target computer is provided. The source computer determines one or more attributes which will define the intended content controlled instant message session. The source computer sends a message containing a requested attribute ...

06/16/05 - 20050132012 - Body-less email for asynchronous chat-like communications and email-chat integration
Described are a system and method of communicating with a user of a computing device over a network. Communications occur with a body-less electronic mail messages. The conveyed message is carried by the subject line of the body-less electronic mail message. The subject line records the temporal sequence of one ...

06/16/05 - 20050132011 - Method for managing interruptions to a network user
Described is a method for managing interruptions to a network user. The interruptions are generated by senders on a network. The network user maintains a permanent reception list and a temporary reception list indicating senders that are allowed preferential treatment in response to their interruptions. The temporary reception list is ...

06/16/05 - 20050132010 - Scheduled electronic mail deletions
Described are a system and method of managing electronic mail messages in an email account. An email message is displayed to a user on a display screen of a device. In response to detecting intent of the user to close the email message, the user is automatically presented with a ...

06/16/05 - 20050132009 - Instant message awareness and migration allowing for multiple simultaneous client logins
An instant message awareness system and method is provided. The invention provides a centralized model in which a server manages and stores the text transcripts of all instant message sessions and routes all instant message transcripts to all client devices for all the users involved in the session. Also provided ...

06/16/05 - 20050132008 - Database supported message routing
The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for routing messages in a computing enterprise. In accordance with the present invention, one or more stateless message brokers can be coupled to a database of message routing filters. Subscribers to particular messages in the message routing system can register individual ...

06/16/05 - 20050132007 - System and method for object oriented interface checking and method dispatching
Method and system for interface checking and interface method dispatching for wireless devices. Relationships between classes and object-oriented interfaces are analyzed and certain properties are exploited for use in performing interface checking and/or interface method dispatching. ...

06/09/05 - 20050125499 - Routing instant messages using configurable, pluggable delivery managers
Configurable, pluggable delivery managers are responsible for routing instant messages to intended recipients. A delivery manager is selected for a particular message, and that delivery manager defines, at runtime, a delivery policy to be used to route the instant message to an intended recipient of the message. The delivery policy ...

06/09/05 - 20050125498 - Integrating multiple communication modes
A system that includes a computer device and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable a user to interact with a person using one of at least two of voice conversation, voice-video conversation, graphic text-based conversation, fax, and electronic mail. The interactions can include the following. Creating ...

06/02/05 - 20050120087 - Communication device having the capability of performing information exhange between a facsimile medium and an electronic information medium such as an e-mail medium
A communication device allows a user to get access from the outside via an external public line to obtain e-mail data stored in a device connected to an internal system via a computer network such as a LAN without causing a reduction in security. More specifically, the communication device is ...

06/02/05 - 20050120086 - Method and apparatus for selectively fetching e-mail
A method and apparatus to selectively fetch and print e-mails which are received by a mail server via a network during a time period specified by a user. The method allows a user to specify the time period for which received e-mails are desired, than to access the mail server ...

06/02/05 - 20050120085 - Mail server, mobile communication system, and program therefor
The present invention provides a technique for regulating the distribution of bulk and unsolicited e-mails without hampering convenience for both source and destination mail clients as much as possible. According to this technique, if the number of e-mails sent from either of mobile phones 10a to 10c exceeds a predetermined ...

06/02/05 - 20050120084 - Method of and system for creating, maintaining, and utilizing an online universal address book
A method for creating and maintaining a social network system using a computer system includes constructing a first database for storing identification information and a second database for storing contact information of a user, the second database being connected to the first database; receiving registration from users in the computer ...

06/02/05 - 20050120083 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and program and storage medium
An information processing technique for voice outputting an electronic mail, received by an information processing apparatus capable of voice output, at a sender's intended timing. For this purpose, the information processing apparatus has an electronic mail reception unit (101) to receive an electronic mail, an electronic mail selection unit (102) ...

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