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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Applicant:
Mark J. Seaman, San Jose, MD (US);
Inventor:
Mark J. Seaman, San Jose, MD (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/585 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04L 12/587 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and article are provided for processing solicited electronic mail messages responsive to a set of rules. Each received message is processed through the rules to determine if it meets at least one protocol in the set of rules, wherein the rules pertain to a method of communicating the message to the recipient. Upon a match of the message to at least one rule, the message is conveyed to the recipient in conformance with the rule.