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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2002
Steve Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas P. Rayner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas P. Rayner, San Francisco, CA (US);
MindShare Design, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Various systems and methods provide users with the ability to track, detect, record analyze and report various events associated with the life of an electronic mail message delivered to any recipient. Some of the events that may be tracked by the systems and methods of the preferred exemplary embodiment include identification of when a recipient views a message and clicks on any web page links contained within the message. In accordance with another aspect of the preferred exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the systems and methods provide a simple mechanism for storing, monitoring and accessing information relating to various events that have transpired with respect to a large volume of electronic mail messages. Electronic mail message list may also be automatically generated with the data acquired by the systems and methods of the present invention.