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E-mail messaging system
Assignee: Suffix Mail Inc
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Filing: 2002-02-14
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Granted: 2004-03-16
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Expires: 2022-02-14
Abstract
Abstract A method for providing e-mail communication is provided in which an e-mail user interface is generated on a display device. The e-mail user interface implements e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address that includes a domain name and a username. Upon receiving a request from a user, the method generates a first suffix e-mail address, and creates a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address. The first suffix e-mail address includes the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name. Upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and the username, the method stores the e-mail message in the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix. In accordance with further aspects of this embodiment, a plurality of suffix e-mail addresses can be created, each having a corresponding directory on the e-mail user interface.
Inventors
- 👤 Valentine D'Arcy Sheldon
- 👤 Jeremy Kagan
- 👤 Nancy Palmarini
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 20:45
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/21; H04L51/212; H04L51/48; H04L51/56
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 80
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A method for providing e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a first suffix e-mail address and creating a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address, the first suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
119 words
A method for providing e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a first suffix e-mail address and creating a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address, the first suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of upon receiving a request from a user, generating a second suffix e-mail address and creating a second directory on the e-mail user interface for the second suffix e-mail address, the second suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a second suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in the second folder if the destination address includes the second suffix.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: upon receiving a request from a user, designating a sender's address from a received e-mail as one of an accepted address designation and a rejected address designation; upon receiving an e-mail message from the sender's address, storing the e-mail message in an inbox if the sender's address has the accepted address designation, and deleting the e-mail if the sender's address has the rejected address designation.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
209 words
A method for providing e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a first suffix e-mail address and creating a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address, the first suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name; maintaining a list of accepted e-mail addresses and a list of rejected e-mail addresses; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses, and storing e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
209 words
A method for providing e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a first suffix e-mail address and creating a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address, the first suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name; maintaining a list of accepted e-mail addresses and a list of rejected e-mail addresses; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses, and storing e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 4 , further comprising: upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in a directory designated for deleted e-mails if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 4 , further comprising: upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, deleting the e-mail message if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
116 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: upon receiving a request from a user, generating another suffix e-mail address and creating a directory on the e-mail user interface for the another suffix e-mail address, the another suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, the first suffix name and another suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix name and not the another suffix name, and storing the e-mail message in the another directory if the destination address includes the first suffix name and the another suffix name.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: associating the first suffix name with a device; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, sending the e-mail message to the device if the destination address includes the first suffix name.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the device is a printer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the device is a telephone.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the device is a PDA.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the device is a pager.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 8 , further comprising converting the message to an audio signal prior to sending the message to the telephone.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first suffix name is a commercial suffix name, the commercial suffix name being associated with a third party e-mail address, the commercial suffix name being used by a plurality of users having a plurality of username and domain name combinations.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising the step of providing authenticated communication between the first suffix e-mail address and the third party e-mail address.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising the step of providing encrypted communication between the first suffix e-mail address and the third party e-mail address.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising the step of providing authenticated and encrypted communication between the first suffix e-mail address and the third party e-mail address, said authenticated and encrypted communication including credit card transactions.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
391 words
A method for providing e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a first suffix e-mail address and creating a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address, the first suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name; maintaining a list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, a list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name, a list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, and a list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name; upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username; storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, and storing the e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix name and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the second directory if the destination address includes the second suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name, and storing e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the second suffix name and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
391 words
A method for providing e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a first suffix e-mail address and creating a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address, the first suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name; maintaining a list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, a list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name, a list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, and a list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name; upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username; storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, and storing the e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix name and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the second directory if the destination address includes the second suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name, and storing e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the second suffix name and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a computer display screen for a desktop computer.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a computer display screen for a laptop computer.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a display screen for a PDA.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a display screen for a telephone.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a televison.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a set top box.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first and second suffix e-mail addresses includes a delimeter.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 25 , comprising, upon receiving an e-mail message with the delimeter, further processing the e-mail message as a function of the delimeter.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 26 , wherein the further processing comprises forwarding the e-mail message to another e-mail address.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein the e-mail message includes a delimeter in one of the subject field and the body of the e-mail message.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 28 , comprising, upon receiving the e-mail message with the delimeter, further processing the e-mail message as a function of the delimeter.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 28 , wherein the further processing comprises forwarding the e-mail message to another e-mail address.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the message is in a first language, and wherein the method further comprising translating the message from the first language to a second language.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
164 words
The method of claim 31 , wherein the first and second languages are selected from the group consisting of Afrikaans, Albanian, Algerian Dardja, Amharic, Anishinaabe, Arabic, Armenian, Avestan, Azerbaijani, Balinese, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusan, Bengali, Bisayan, Brahui, Breton, Buhi Bicol, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chechen, Cherokee-Tsalagi, Cheyenne, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Etruscan, Farsi, Finnish, French, Frisian, Gaelic, Galician, German, Gilbertese, Greek, Guarani, Hakka, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Ingush, Inuktitut, Italian, Japanese, Kamilaroi, Kapampangan, Kendô, Khowar, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lakhota, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Maltese, Maori, Mapudungun, Marathi, Mayan, Mayangna, Miskitu, Mohawk, Mongolian, Nauruan, Norwegian, Occitan, Ojibwe, Oriya, Pahlavi, Pali, Panamahka, Pashto, Passamaquoddy-Maliseet, Pirahã, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Prussian, Punjabi, Rasta Patois, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Sami, Sanskrit, Sardinian, Serbo-Croatian, Sioux, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Sorbian, Spanish, Sranan, Sudovian, Sumerian, Swabian, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Taino, Taiwanese, Tamil, Tarahumara, Tatar, Thai, Tibetan, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Tsalagi, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Ulwa, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Visayan, Votic, Warlpiri, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, and Yotvingian.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein the third party e-mail address is associated with an entity, and wherein the entity pays for the commercial suffix name.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: prompting a user to select a further suffix e-mail address from a list of suffix e-mail addreses, and upon receiving said selection, creating a directory on the e-mail user interface for the further suffix e-mail address, the further suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and the further suffix name.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: upon receiving a request from a user, creating a sub-directory within the directory on the e-mail user interface, the subdirectory including one or more of a file, an HTML page, and a hyperlink.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein the third party e-mail address is associated with an entity, and wherein the method further comprises, upon receiving a request from the entity, creating a sub-directory within the first directory on e-mail user interfaces associated with each of the plurality of users, the subdirectory including one or more of a file, an HTML page, and a hyperlink.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending an e-mail message from the first suffix e-mail address.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 2 , further comprising the steps of: upon receiving a request from a user, generating deleting the second suffix e-mail address and the second directory.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 2 , further comprising the steps of: upon receiving a request from a user, generating a third suffix e-mail address and creating a third directory on the e-mail user interface for the third suffix e-mail address, the third suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, the second suffix name, and a third suffix name.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of claim 2 , further comprising the steps of upon receiving a request from a user, generating a further suffix e-mail address and creating a further directory on the e-mail user interface for the further suffix e-mail address, the further suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a plurality of suffix names.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the upon receiving an e-mail message step further comprises parsing the destination address first by the username, and then by the first suffix name.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the device is a televison.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the device is an appliance.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the device is an MP3 player.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein the commercial suffix is associated with a plurality of third party e-mail addresses.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first directory includes a plurality of sections, and wherein upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in a selected one of the plurality of sections of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix, said selected one of the plurality of sections being determined based upon selection criteria.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 46 , wherein the plurality of sections includes an accepted section and a hold/new sender section, and wherein the selection criteria is whether the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on a list of accepted e-mail addresses.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 46 , wherein the selection criteria is a portion of the destination address.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 48 , wherein the portion of the e-mail address includes a category delimeter followed by a category identifier.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 46 , wherein the selection criteria is the sender's e-mail address.
Claim 54
Independent Claim
183 words
A method for providing e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a plurality of commerical suffix e-mail addresses and creating a directory on the e-mail user interface for each commercial suffix e-mail address, each commercial suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a commercial suffix name, each commercial suffix name being associated with a third party e-mail address, the commercial suffix name being used by a plurality of users having a plurality of username and domain name combinations; logging on to a plurality of web-sites, each web-site corresponding to one of the plurality of commercial suffix names; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, if the destination address includes one of the commerical suffix names, storing the e-mail message in the one of the the directories corresponding to the commercial suffix name.
Claim 55
Independent Claim
183 words
A method for providing e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a plurality of commerical suffix e-mail addresses and creating a directory on the e-mail user interface for each commercial suffix e-mail address, each commercial suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a commercial suffix name, each commercial suffix name being associated with a third party e-mail address, the commercial suffix name being used by a plurality of users having a plurality of username and domain name combinations; logging on to a plurality of web-sites, each web-site corresponding to one of the plurality of commercial suffix names; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, if the destination address includes one of the commerical suffix names, storing the e-mail message in the one of the the directories corresponding to the commercial suffix name.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: searching the e-mail message for predetermined information; and exporting at least a portion of the e-mail message to a file if the predetermined information is in the e-mail message.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 52 , wherein the file is a spreadsheet.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 52 , wherein the predetermined information is in a subject field of the e-mail message and a portion of the body of the e-mail message is exported to the program.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 52 , wherein the predetermined information is specified by the user.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 52 , wherein the predetermined information is specified by an administrator.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 36 , further comprising searching the e-mail message for predetermined information; and exporting at least a portion of the e-mail message to a file if the predetermined information is in the e-mail message.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method fo claim 57 , wherein the file is a spreadsheet.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 57 , wherein the predetermined information is in a subject field of the e-mail message and a portion of the body of the e-mail message is exported to the program.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 57 , wherein the predetermined information is specified by the user.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 57 , wherein the predetermined information is specified by an administrator.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 57 , wherein the predetermined information is specified by the entity.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
129 words
Computer readable media, having stored thereon, computer executable process steps operable to control a computer to perform the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a first suffix e-mail address and creating a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address, the first suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
129 words
Computer readable media, having stored thereon, computer executable process steps operable to control a computer to perform the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a first suffix e-mail address and creating a first directory on the e-mail user interface for the first suffix e-mail address, the first suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a first suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
90 words
The computer readable media of claim 63 , further comprising the steps of upon receiving a request from a user, generating a second suffix e-mail address and creating a second directory on the e-mail user interface for the second suffix e-mail address, the second suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a second suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in the second folder if the destination address includes the second suffix.
Claim 70
Dependent Claim
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The computer readable media of claim 63 , further comprising the steps of: upon receiving a request from a user, designating a sender's address from a received e-mail as one of an accepted address designation and a rejected address designation; upon receiving an e-mail message from the sender's address, storing the e-mail message in an inbox if the sender's address has the accepted address designation, and deleting the e-mail if the sender's address has the rejected address designation.
Claim 71
Dependent Claim
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The computer readable media of claim 63 , further comprising: maintaining a list of accepted e-mail addresses and a list of rejected e-mail addresses; upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses, and storing e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses.
Claim 72
Dependent Claim
118 words
The computer readable media of claim 63 , further comprising: upon receiving a request from a user, generating another suffix e-mail address and creating a directory on the e-mail user interface for the another suffix e-mail address, the another suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, the first suffix name and another suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix name and not the another suffix name, and storing the e-mail message in the another directory if the destination address includes the first suffix name and the another suffix name.
Claim 73
Dependent Claim
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The computer readable media of claim 63 , further comprising: associating the first suffix name with a device; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, sending the e-mail message to the device if the destination address includes the first suffix name.
Claim 74
Dependent Claim
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The computer readable media of claim 63 , wherein the first suffix name is a commercial suffix name, the commercial suffix name being associated with a third party e-mail address, the commercial suffix name being used by a plurality of users having a plurality of username and domain name combinations.
Claim 75
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The computer readable media of claim 64 , further comprising maintaining a list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, a list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name, a list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, and a list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name; upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username; storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name, and storing the e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the first suffix name and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the first suffix name; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, storing the e-mail message in an accepted section of the second directory if the destination address includes the second suffix and the sender's e-mail address corresponds to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name, and storing e-mail message in an hold/new sender section of the first directory if the destination address includes the second suffix name and the sender's e-mail address does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of accepted e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name and does not correspond to an e-mail address on the list of rejected e-mail addresses associated with the second suffix name.
Claim 76
Dependent Claim
23 words
The computer readable media of claim 64 , wherein at least one of the first and second suffix e-mail addresses includes a delimeter.
Claim 77
Dependent Claim
28 words
The computer readable media of claim 71 , comprising, upon receiving an e-mail message with the delimeter, further processing the e-mail message as a function of the delimeter.
Claim 78
Dependent Claim
66 words
The computer readable media of claim 69 , wherein the third party e-mail address is associated with an entity, and wherein the computer readable media further comprises, upon receiving a request from the entity, creating a sub-directory within the directory on e-mail user interfaces associated each of the plurality of users, the subdirectory including one or more of a file, an HTML page, and a hyperlink.
Claim 79
Dependent Claim
193 words
Computer readable media, having stored thereon, computer executable process steps operable to control a computer to perform the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a plurality of commerical suffix e-mail address and creating a directory on the e-mail user interface for each commercial suffix e-mail address, each commercial suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a commercial suffix name, each commercial suffix name being associated with a third party e-mail address, the commercial suffix name being used by a plurality of users having a plurality of username and domain name combinations; logging on to a plurality of web-sites, each web-site corresponding to one of the plurality of commercial suffix names; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, if the destination address includes one of the commerical suffix names, storing the e-mail message in the one of the the directories corresponding to the commercial suffix name.
Claim 80
Dependent Claim
193 words
Computer readable media, having stored thereon, computer executable process steps operable to control a computer to perform the steps of: generating an e-mail user interface on a display device, the e-mail user interface implementing e-mail messaging for a root e-mail address, the root e-mail address including a domain name and a username; upon receiving a request from a user, generating a plurality of commerical suffix e-mail address and creating a directory on the e-mail user interface for each commercial suffix e-mail address, each commercial suffix e-mail address including the domain name, the username, and a commercial suffix name, each commercial suffix name being associated with a third party e-mail address, the commercial suffix name being used by a plurality of users having a plurality of username and domain name combinations; logging on to a plurality of web-sites, each web-site corresponding to one of the plurality of commercial suffix names; and upon receiving an e-mail message having a destination address including the domain name and username, if the destination address includes one of the commerical suffix names, storing the e-mail message in the one of the the directories corresponding to the commercial suffix name.
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