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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
George Bilbrey, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kevin O'connell, Denver, CO (US);
Eric Kirby, Boulder, CO (US);
John Kevin Hartley, Boulder, CO (US);
Andrew Michael Sautins, Boulder, CO (US);
George Bilbrey, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kevin O'Connell, Denver, CO (US);
Eric Kirby, Boulder, CO (US);
John Kevin Hartley, Boulder, CO (US);
Andrew Michael Sautins, Boulder, CO (US);
Return Path, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides various embodiments of a system and a process for updating e-mail and other forms of electronic messages via a change of address network. In one embodiment, the system includes a Sponsor Database (containing mailbox/address information utilized by a Sponsor to send information to a recipient) connected to a Network Server which receives updates of mailbox/address changes from recipients and, in certain embodiments, other Sponsors. In other embodiments, a Reconnection Manager facilitates the exchange of information between the Sponsors and the Network Server. Also, one embodiment of the process provides updated mailbox/address information to those Sponsors which a recipient has previously identified to the Network Server as being acceptable for receiving the update information. The invention also provides various embodiments by which a recipient may register change of address information with the Network Server and processes utilized by the Network Server to verify such registrations are valid.