Privacy control system for electronic communication
AssigneeLashback, LLC
InventorEric L. Castelli
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Abstract
A privacy control system provides a centralized process for managing unsubscribe requests to unsolicited communications. The system receives reports of unsolicited communications, determines and follows the corresponding unsubscribe processes, and tracks the success of unsubscribe requests. The system can unsubscribe an individual or group of individuals through the centralized process, recording and monitoring the success of the request, independent of the email client used by the individuals.
Claims20
A method for providing privacy control in a communication system comprising the steps of:
- providing a centralized processing system in operative electronic communication with a set of participants and a set of advertisers;
- receiving a set of spam notices at said centralized processing system from said participants;
- determining a set of unsubscribe mechanisms at said centralized processing system from said received spam notices, wherein said unsubscribe mechanisms correspond with said advertisers;
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- sending a set of unsubscribe requests from said centralized processing system to said advertisers according to said corresponding unsubscribe mechanisms.
A method for providing privacy control in a communication system comprising the steps of:
- receiving at a centralized processing system a set of spam notices from a set of participants, wherein said spam notices are based on unwanted emails sent to said participants by a set of advertisers;
- determining a set of unsubscribe mechanisms at said centralized processing system based on said received spam notices, wherein said determining step is comprised identifying a set of key attributes in said spam notices related to said unsubscribe mechanisms;
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- sending a set of unsubscribe requests from said centralized processing system to said advertisers according to said corresponding set of unsubscribe mechanisms.
A privacy control system for electronic communication systems, comprising:
- a centralized processing system in operative electronic communication with a set of participants and a set of advertisers, said centralized processing system comprising a listener module and a notification engine;
- a set of spam notices communicated from said participants to said listener module at said centralized processing system;
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- a set of unsubscribe requests communicated from said notification engine at said centralized processing system to said advertisers, wherein said notification engine determines unsubscribe mechanisms for said unsubscribe requests from said spam notices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.