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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112486 | Signature generation using message summaries Systems and methods for processing a message are provided. A message may be processed to generate a message summary by removing or replacing certain words, phrases, sentences, punctuation, and the like. Message signatures based upon the message summary may be genera... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112482 | System and method for securing access to electronic mail A secure e-mail messaging system is positioned to receive an original e-mail message from a sender before the message is delivered to a recipient. To secure HTML mail, the system inserts a resource tag such as a Web bug and/or an HTML frame tag in the message, and i... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112481 | Document message state management engine A state management sub-system that assists in transmitting and processing documents and messages between two applications in a sequentially correct order through an integration server is disclosed. The state management subsystem analyzes the message and enters state... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112485 | Time and threshold based whitelisting In response to a user sending an electronic mail message to a recipient, a whitelist manager creates a temporary whitelist entry for the recipient on the user's whitelist. The temporary whitelist entry is set to expire after a set period of time. During the period o... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112483 | Enhanced challenge-response In some embodiments, a technique for challenging a message comprises receiving a message, providing a captcha, providing a machine-solvable puzzle, and sending the captcha and the machine-solvable puzzle. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112484 | Apparatus and method for auxiliary classification for generating features for a spam filtering model A computer-implemented system and method are described for integrating a series of auxiliary spam detection models with a base spam detection model, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of the overall spam detection engine. For example, a system according t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112488 | Methods and computer programs for formulating messaging platform capacity projections Computer-executable methods and programs for formulating a planning recommendation for a messaging platform. Mailbox data is received specifying a projected maximum number of mailboxes. Growth assumption data is received that specifies a change in average message si... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112487 | System and method for message filtering A collaborative messaging system and method includes, in a communications engine, a plurality of message interrogators to process a message from a sender to a receiver. The plurality of message interrogators includes a message adjudicator configured to compare messa... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108471 | Communicating a response to the creator of a voice message forwarded by another In one embodiment, a method for responding to a voice message includes accessing input from a first user at an endpoint indicating a desire to communicate to a second user a response to a voice message created by the second user and forwarded to the first user by a ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108478 | Electronic mail sending system, electronic mail sending method, and computer readable medium An electronic mail sending system that includes: a sending terminal that sends an electronic mail; a maintenance unit to maintain a mail address of a mailing list; a difference determination unit comprising: a determination unit that determines a difference between ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108469 | User interface for a communication suite Embodiments, among others, of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for integrating communication services. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. An association of communications s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108476 | High performance electronic message delivery engine In a messaging system interfaced through the Internet, a method for processing a message from a sender and intended for delivery to at least one recipient, which sender is interfaced to the Internet through a sender server and which recipient is interfaced to the In... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108475 | Methods and apparatus for categorizing failure messages that result from email messages Techniques for classifying failure messages received from email messages that are sent are provided. A plurality of rules are created that are used to classify a plurality of failure types for email messages. Email messages are sent to an email address associated wi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108470 | Message management system and method A message management system and method is described. A message control unit includes a dispatch rule, a role table, and a dispatch engine. The dispatch rule defines system identification, message type, and corresponding client identification and mail role. The role ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108477 | Message classification using legitimate contact points A system and method are disclosed for classifying a message. The method includes receiving the message, identifying all items of a certain type in the message, determining whether each of the items meets a criterion, and in the event that all the items are determine... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108473 | Mobile phone with CDMA and an audio/video electronic mail generator, and method of sending/receiving an audio/video electronic mail An audio/video electronic mail system which is stored in a computer readable or access-able storage media comprises an address book providers to access to directory information; an audio/video e-mail generator coupled to the address and provided to generate an audio... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108474 | System and method for indication of IM tracking A method and computer program product for processing a tracking request from a first user of an instant messaging system concerning the online status of a second user of the instant messaging system. The online status of the second user is monitored. A tracking noti... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108479 | E-mail management system, mail server, forwarding method and medium The invention provides a technique of automatically checking the validation of a destination address to which electronic mail is to be transferred. If the destination address is validated, the transfer of the mail to the address is permitted, so that no mail is tran... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108472 | Electronic mail system An E-mail terminal device comprises a judging unit which judges whether or not a reply destination mail address extracted from an E-mail received is an address of a mailing list capable of broadcasting the same E-mail to a plurality of destinations at one time, an e... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103723 | Message server that retains messages deleted by one client application for access by another client application A first processing session is entered with a POP client. A set of messages from a message repository is identified as available for access by the POP client. When the POP client causes a message to be deleted from the message repository (either by explicit or implic... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103724 | Method and program product for securing privacy of an e-mail address in an e-mail A method and program product for securing privacy of an e-mail address is provided. The method includes generating an e-mail message to one or more recipients on a sender e-mail client and encrypting, using a privacy plug-in installed on the sender e-mail client, an... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103627 | Bounce attack prevention based on e-mail message tracking Information such as message identifier, sender, recipient, timestamp, etc., are recorded in a record in a local database as an e-mail message is sent out. A DSN counter is set equal to the total number of recipients, thus allowing returned messages to be compared ag... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103722 | Endpoint status notification system The endpoint status notification system includes an address book of network user's names and their associated endpoints. A user selects a personal list of contacts from the address book and receives an instant message alert upon every occurrence of a reportable even... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103725 | Communication using delegates A facility allows for automatic delegation of incoming real-time communications based on a delegation scheme. The delegation scheme may be rules-based and may be applied to a single real-time communication channel or multiple communication channels, including both r... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103731 | Method and system for sending a NETCONF-based notification A method for sending a Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)-based notification is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: a NETCONF server accepts a notification subscription of a NETCONF client; the NETCONF server generates a notification when an ev... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103735 | Method and system for generating template replies to electronic mail messages A method for responding to an electronic mail (“email”) message presented to a user on a display screen of a data processing system, comprising: receiving a command from the user to generate a reply to the email message using content from one or more template re... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103732 | Methods for control and management of electronic messaging based on sender information A method for controlling a message from a sender. A referee can evaluate a credential associated with a message to determine ifs desirability to the intended recipient, and take an action based upon the results of the determination. A sender that includes a trusted ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103733 | Method of retracting an instant message Described is a method for retracting an instant message from a receiver in an instant messaging session. A request is made to retract the instant message from the receiver. If the receiver is present in the session, the instant message is removed from the user inter... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103730 | Use of persistent sessions by a presence access layer A method for a watcher to receive presence information. The method includes the watcher requesting presence information from a presence access layer and then disconnecting from the presence access layer. The method further includes the presence access layer receivin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103728 | Database synchronization on a network Systems, methods and media for database synchronization on a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for database synchronization on a network protected with firewalls are disclosed. Embodiments include an e-mail listener for receiving e-m... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103727 | Use of global intelligence to make local information classification decisions Methods and systems are provided for delaying local information classification until global intelligence has an opportunity to be gathered. According to one embodiment, an initial information identification process, e.g., an initial spam detection, is performed on r... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103734 | System and method for seamlessly bringing external services into instant messaging session The invention provides a framework that allows a number of software application agents to be stacked on top of an instant messenger application. Each of the software application agents establishes a connection with a third-party Web service on the Internet or a loca... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103729 | Shared groups rostering system Systems and techniques for sharing information among members of a group. Information about all current members of a group is stored. Instructions are received from at least one current member to invite at least one prospective member to join the group and the invita... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103726 | Analyzing email content to determine potential intended recipients Described herein are processes and devices for analyzing email content to determine potential intended email recipients. One of the devices described is an email content analyzer device. The email content analyzer device can analyze content in a part of an email mes... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099468 | Digital camera with communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail A digital camera comprises an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data, a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data, a recording control unit that records the image dat... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099465 | Method and system for preparing and replying to multi-party e-mails A method for preparing and replying to multi-party e-mails is provided. The method includes opening an e-mail composition window in an e-mail application for generating an e-mail, specifying one or more recipients from a plurality of recipient groups for the e-mail,... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099466 | System and method for vote-based, interest specific collaboration regarding location of objects Systems, devices, and methods of generating location information for an object of interest are disclosed. The location information is based on dynamic input from one or more members of an interest group associated with the object. The input from the one or more memb... | 01/17/2012 |
| RE43118 | Method for determining e-mail address format rules A method for determining e-mail address formatting rules corresponding to particular domain names, whereby e-mail address data is collected and sorted based on domains. Based on the gathered data for particular domains, a pattern is identified and an e-mail address ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099464 | Method and apparatus for providing an instant message notification An instant messaging client application is provided that receives requests to initiate instant messaging conversations and, in response to the requests, displays a notification window. The notification window includes information that may allow a user to decide whet... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099467 | System, method, and user interface for searching for messages with attachments on a mobile device Embodiments of a system, method, and user interface for searching for messages with attachments on mobile devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a messaging application is programmed such that, in operation, a user is presented with a search screen in which the u... | 01/17/2012 |
