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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Mark Meier Rochkind, Morristown, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A messaging system is arranged to substitute an alias address for the real address of a messaging subscriber with an unlisted address thereby allowing the subscriber to be known and yet to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of the unlisted address while enabling the subscriber to a) transmit messages to targeted recipients, b) receive reply messages and other types of messages from these recipients, and c) receive spontaneous messages from others with knowledge of the alias address. The messaging system, which may be communicatively coupled to a communications carrier network, comprises a mailbox system for transmitting and receiving messages and a routing database to manage the use of alias addresses.