Method and apparatus for private and restricted-use electronic addresses
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsTodd A. Schwartz, Vaughn S. Iverson
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Abstract
A filter for restricting access to a user's destination to authorized senders. The filter generates a unique address identification (ID) for each authorized sender. The address ID may be formatted into a unique address by associating with a machine address. The address IDs are stored in a database along with information identifying the sender to which it was issued. The user may revoke a sender's authorization by removing the address ID from the database, or restrict access with policies associated with the address ID.
Claims33
A method comprising:
- generating an address identification derived from a randomly generated number;
- linking said address identification to a machine address identifying a machine;
- transmitting the address identification, with the machine address, to an authorized sender;
- storing said address identification with information identifying said authorized sender;
- storing policy information associated with the authorized sender in a memory;
- and
- linking said policy information to the address identification.
A method comprising:
- receiving a transmitted item from a sender;
- extracting a first address identification from the transmitted item;
- comparing the first address identification to a plurality of address identifications in a memory, each address identification being different, and each address identification having associated policy information;
- and
- in response to not matching the first address identification to one of said plurality of address identifications, not forwarding the transmitted item to a destination.
An apparatus, including instructions residing on a computer-readable storage medium, for use in a computer system to control delivery of a transmitted item to a computer in a networked computer system, the instructions causing the computer to:
- generate an address identification derived from a randomly generated number;
- link said address identification to a machine address identifying a machine;
- transmit the address identification with the machine address to an authorized sender;
- store said address identification with information identifying said authorized sender;
- store policy information associated with the authorized sender in a memory;
- and
- link said policy information to the address identification.
An apparatus, including instructions residing on a computer-readable storage medium, for use in a computer system to control delivery of a transmitted item to a computer in a networked computer system, the instructions causing the computer to:
- receive an transmitted item from a sender;
- extract a first address identification from the transmitted item;
- compare the first address identification to a plurality of address identifications in a memory, each address identification being different, and each address identification having associated policy information;
- in response to not matching the first address identification to one of said plurality of address identifications, not forwarding the transmitted item to a destination.
A filter comprising:
- an address generator to generate a first address identification in response to a user command;
- a storage device to store a plurality of address identifications including said first address identification, each of said address identifications associated with a particular authorized sender, and to store a plurality of policies, each policy associated with a particular one of said plurality of address identifications;
- and
- an authorizer to examine an transmitted item for a second address identification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.