Method and system to enable contact with unknown internet account holders

A computer system for enabling an apparatus comprising a server computer to send a notice to a network account holder, the system comprising:

• an apparatus comprising a server computer,
• a second computer, and
• a third computer, the apparatus, the second computer, and the third computer configured such that:
• the apparatus receives a request for a service,
• makes a first determination whether to send a notice to a network account holder via a second path arranged by an ISP and the network account holder, the notice comprising a communication, the second path comprising a standardized communication pathway,
• makes a second determination whether to send a response to a user via a third path, the third path comprising the network and the ISP,
• if the first determination is to send the notice, sends the notice to the network account holder via the second path, and
• sends the response to the user via the third path,
• wherein the server computer need know neither the identity of the network account holder nor the user, and neither the notice nor the response need contain information regarding the identity of the network account holder or the user;
• and such that
• the second computer, corresponding to the user, sends a request for a service to the apparatus via the first path comprising an ISP and a network, the ISP having a contractual relationship with the network account holder;
• and such that
• the third computer, used by the ISP, receives the request for the service and forwards the request for service to the apparatus via the network, the network configured to allow receiving the request for the service and causing the request for the service to be delivered to the apparatus, either directly or indirectly;
• and wherein:
• software, operating on the apparatus, determines that the request for the service warrants sending the notice;
• software, operating on the third computer, identifies a notice destination to which the notice is to be sent;
• software, operating on the apparatus, generates a notice comprising the communication;
• and
• the standardized communications pathway over which the notice can be sent to the notice destination.

An apparatus comprising a server computer to send a notice to a network account holder, the apparatus comprising:

• an apparatus comprising a server computer and programmed so that the apparatus:
• receives a request for a service from a second computer, corresponding to a user, through a first path comprising a network and a third computer used by an ISP having a contractual relationship with a network account holder;
• makes a first determination whether to send a notice to the network account holder via a second path arranged by the ISP and the network account holder, the notice comprising a communication and the second path comprising a standardized communication pathway;
• makes a second determination whether to send a response to the second computer via a third path, the third path comprising the network and the ISP;
• if the first determination is to send the notice, sending the notice to the network account holder via the second path;
• and
• wherein the apparatus need know neither an identity of the network account holder nor an identity of the user, and neither the notice nor the response need contain the identity of the network account holder or the identity of the user.