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US 6,643,687 B1Granted
Email system delivers email message to a proxy email address that corresponds to a sender and recipient pairing
AssigneeAvid Technology, Inc.
InventorsGarth A. Dickie, Eric C. Peters, Peter J. Fasciano
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Abstract
The present invention advantageously provides for an email system that implements proxy email addresses to control access to a recipient's email mailbox, and eliminates the requirement of a sender of email to know the recipient's private email address when sending mail. A user interface is presented to a user of the email system that corresponds to permissible email exchanges.
Claims8
An email system, operable on a computer system, for delivering an email message from a sender to a recipient, as identified by a sender and recipient pairing, comprising:
- a user interface defining one or more said sender and recipient pairings, each of said pairings corresponding to a proxy email address that is distinct from the email address of said recipient, and being individually selectable;
- wherein said email message is delivered to said proxy email address in response to selecting one of said sender and recipient pairings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.