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 i