RE: [Asrg] US Spam patents: Partial list

This also seems to affect consent systems on the local level.

At 04:38 PM 7/1/2003 -0400, Bob Wyman wrote:

>Here's a patent that I missed in earlier listings. It covers white
>lists, etc. as well as parental controls (i.e. lists of allowed
>correspondents).
>
>See: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6393464
>United States Patent  6,393,464
>Dieterman  May 21, 2002
>
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>Method for controlling the delivery of electronic mail messages
>
>Abstract
>The present disclosure discloses a method for controlling the delivery
>of electronic mail. The method comprises the steps of: creating an
>allowed list of electronic addresses with which the user is permitted to
>freely exchange messages; categorizing as authorized each message that
>is sent to or received from an entity whose address is included on the
>list; categorizing as unauthorized each message that is sent to or
>received from an entity whose electronic address is not included in the
>list; transmitting authorized outgoing messages to their intended
>recipients; allowing the user to access the contents of authorized
>received messages. Also disclosed is a method for allowing an
>administrator to selectively approve messages which are sent to or
>received from entities whose electronic addresses do not appear on the
>allowed list.
>
>
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>Inventors:  Dieterman; Jude Gerard (Naperville, IL)
>Assignee:  Unbound Communications, Inc. (Wheeling, IL)
>Appl. No.:  309219
>Filed:  June 10, 1999
>
>
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