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US 6,963,929 B1Granted
Internet e-mail add-on service system
OwnerSoobok Leeinventor
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for constructing an internet e-mail add-on service system that can seamlessly operate on the conventional SMTP internet message transport network. The method and system make use of a recipient e-mail address extended by a domain suffix. The domain suffix portion specifies both the kind of e-mail add-on services to be applied and the intermediate mail relay server to perform the service on the message before delivery to the recipient.
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An e-mail add-on system comprising:
- a domain suffix e-mail address representation system including a syntax of a receiver mail address in form of “USERID@DOMAIN.suffix” having a domain suffix (.suffix) selected for an e-mail add-on service and a series of definitions for meaning of the syntax, the domain suffix having a root domain suffix selected in formally registered domain names in the Internet and a supplementary domain suffix for limiting the add-on service represented by the root domain suffix;
- a relay-mode add-on service mail server installed to an Internet host having a “DOMAIN.suffix” type domain name for receiving a message having a “USERID@DOMAIN.suffix” type receiver e-mail address, the relay-mode add-on service mail server making a new message by processing the add-on service defined in the domain suffix e-mail address representation system and applying options of the add-on service according to contents of the root domain suffix and the supplementary domain suffix specified in “.suffix”, the relay-mode add-on service mail server then relaying the new message to an original receiver address “USERID@DOMAIN”;
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- a Meta domain name system including a Meta domain name database for showing relation between a “DOMAIN.suffix” type domain name and an IP (Internet Protocol) address of a relay-mode mail server host in charge of the add-on service designated by “.suffix” for the “DOMAIN” portion, and a domain name server software for providing the add-on service.
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An e-mail add-on system comprising:
- a domain suffix e-mail address representation system including a syntax of a receiver mail address in form of “USERID@DOMAIN.suffix” having a domain suffix (.suffix) selected for an e-mail add-on service and a series of definitions for meaning of the syntax, the domain suffix having a root domain suffix selected in formally registered domain names in the Internet and a supplementary domain suffix for limiting the add-on service represented by the root domain suffix;
- a relay-mode add-on service mail server installed to an Internet host having a “DOMAIN.suffix” type domain name for receiving a message having a “USERID@DOMAIN.suffix” type receiver e-mail address, the relay-mode add-on service mail server making a new message by processing the add-on service defined in the domain suffix e-mail address representation system and applying options of the add-on service according to contents of the root domain suffix and the supplementary domain suffix specified in “.suffix”, the relay-mode add-on service mail server then relaying the new message to an original receiver address “USERID@DOMAIN”;
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- a Meta domain name system including a Meta domain name database for showing relation between a “DOMAIN.suffix” type domain name and an IP (Internet Protocol) address of a relay-mode mail server host in charge of the add-on service designated by “.suffix” for the “DOMAIN” portion, and a domain name server software for providing the add-on service;
- wherein the domain suffix e-mail address representation system uses a pair of second domains having same name and“. to” and“. cc” as a top-level domain, in which the domain suffix e-mail add-on service system defines that a root domain suffix including “.to” represents a service for transmitting a mail read confirmation notification only to a sender and a root domain suffix including “.cc” represents a service for transmitting the mail read confirmation notification to other receiver except the sender and the receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.