Enhanced telephone service system with secure system and method for E-mail address registration
January 27, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesFacsimile telecommunications system and method Integrated services platform for telephone communication system Secure method for communicating credit card data when placing an order on a non-secure network Method and apparatus for managing subscriptions to distribution lists Double opt-in™ method and system for verifying subscriptions to information distribution services On-line directory service through the internet Method and apparatus for assembling and presenting structured voicemail messages Patent #: 6240391 InventorsApplicationNo. 238108 filed on 01/27/1999US Classes:709/206, Demand based messaging379/88.17, Interaction with an external nontelephone network (e.g., Internet)379/93.24, Having electronic mail709/245COMPUTER-TO-COMPUTER DATA ADDRESSINGExaminersPrimary: Maung, ZarniAssistant: Caldwell, Andrew Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 015/16H04M 011/00 H04M 001/64 AbstractIn a system for registering E-mail addresses for subscribers of the system, a telephone call manager, upon request, provides a subscriber with a unique identifier and stores a copy of the unique identifier. An E-mail manager receives and processes an E-mail message sent to a first E-mail address, the received E-mail message including a request to register a second E-mail address, the received E-mail message including the unique identifier. The E-mail manager, upon receipt of the E-mail message, compares the unique identifier with the copy of the unique identifier stored by the telephone call manager, and registers the second E-mail address only if the unique identifier and the copy of the unique identifier correspond. In a second embodiment, an E-mail message requesting registration of the second E-mail address is first sent to the E-mail manager. When the subscriber places a telephone call to the system, and enters a password that is verified by the telephone call manager, the telephone call manager notifies the subscriber of the pending E-mail address registration request and registers the specified second E-mail address only if the subscriber so authorizes.Other References
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