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Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2008
Applicants:

Morgan Hua, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jai Rawat, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Morgan Hua, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jai Rawat, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Graphic screen names are used instead of using text screen names in a Web chat room or an instant messaging system so that screen scrapers cannot generate an e-mail list for spam by extracting the screen names from the Web chat room or instant messaging system.


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