System and method for address correction of electronic messages
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsDouglas B. Quine, Karl H. Schumacher
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Abstract
A method for providing a corrected e-mail address, whereby the domain portion of the e-mail address is parsed and, referring to a domain format rule database, a format rule or requirement corresponding to the domain is identified. A user is informed of the format rule so that the e-mail address can be checked and corrected as necessary. The method also checks whether the format rules have been complied with, and alternative spellings and suggested corrections are determined and provided.
Claims29
A method for correcting an e-mail address, the method comprising:
- parsing a domain portion of the e-mail address;
- identifying a format requirement corresponding to the domain portion in a domain name database;
- and
- providing a format suggestion based on the identified format.
A method for correcting an e-mail address, the method comprising:
- parsing a domain portion of the e-mail address;
- parsing an identifier portion of the e-mail address;
- identifying a format requirement corresponding to the domain portion in a domain name database;
- and
- providing an indication of whether the identifier portion is consistent with the identified format requirement.
A method for correcting an e-mail address, the method comprising:
- parsing a domain portion of the e-mail address;
- determining whether the domain portion complies with domain formulation rules;
- and
- providing an indication whether the domain portion complies with domain formulation rules.
A method for correcting an e-mail address, the method comprising:
- parsing a domain portion of the e-mail address;
- comparing the domain portion to a list of known domain names;
- if the domain portion is not in the list of known domain names, determining one or more known domain names for which the domain portion may be a misspelling;
- and
- providing the one or more known domain names as potential alternative spellings for the domain portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.