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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1999
Henry T. Tsuei, Omaha, NE (US);
First Data Resources, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A system and methods for managing Internet e-mail address changes, particularly useful for situations where subscribers change Internet service providers. A computer system manages a database of stored records correlating a first e-mail address of an intended recipient, e.g. an old e-mail address, to a second e-mail address, e.g. a new e-mail address of the intended recipient. A program module in the computer system is responsive to an Internet query for accessing the database to determine whether a second e-mail address of the intended recipient is stored in association with a first e-mail address. Another program module is operative for providing the second e-mail address as a response to the query. The query response is communicated to the sender or to the sender's ISP so that an undeliverable message can be resent to the new e-mail address. Also provided are security and authentication measures for ensuring that address change requests are valid and authentic.