RE: [Asrg] US Spam patents: Partial list

Does this seems to cover all kinds of e-stamp systems? Also, who is this 
assigned to?

At 03:00 PM 7/1/2003 -0400, Bob Wyman wrote:

>A new, spam-related, US Patent was issued today. It is a continuation in
>part of US Patent 6,192,114 which is on the first list of patents I
>posted to this group.
>
>See: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6587550
>
>US Patent 6,587,550
>METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A FEE TO BE CHARGED TO A PARTY
>INITIATING AN ELECTRONIC MAIL COMMUNICATION WHEN THE PARTY IS NOT ON AN
>AUTHORIZATION LIST ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTY TO WHOM THE COMMUNICATION
>IS DIRECTED
>
>Abstract
>A method and apparatus for determining whether a party sending an email
>communication is on a list of parties authorized by the intended
>receiving party. If the sending party is not on the list of authorized
>parties, an electronic billing agreement is emailed to the sending party
>indicating a fee that will be charged to the sending party in return for
>the message being provided to the intended receiving party. Preferably,
>the present invention is implemented with Internet communications and
>utilizes a security protocol to enable the electronic transaction to be
>transacted in a secure manner.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--------
>Inventors:  Council; Michael O. (186 Hurt Dr., Cordele, GA 31015);
>Santos; Daniel J. (3525 Roswell Rd., #721, Atlanta, GA 30305)
>Appl. No.:  783340
>Filed:  February 14, 2001

_______________________________________________
Asrg mailing list
Asrg@ietf.org
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/asrg