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US Patent 6473758 - Method and apparatus for private and restricted-use electronic addresses
US Patent Issued on October 29, 2002
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
June 27, 2020Estimated 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.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
June 27, 2020Estimated 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.AbstractA filter for restricting access to a user's destination to authorized senders. The filter generates a unique address identification (ID) for each authorized sender. The address ID may be formatted into a unique address by associating with a machine address. The address IDs are stored in a database along with information identifying the sender to which it was issued. The user may revoke a sender's authorization by removing the address ID from the database, or restrict access with policies associated with the address ID.Other References
| InventorsApplicationNo. 604845 filed on 06/27/2000US Classes:707/9Privileged accessField of Search709/229, Network resources access controlling709/218, Using interconnected networks709/227, COMPUTER-TO-COMPUTER SESSION/CONNECTION ESTABLISHING380/201, Copy protection or prevention707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)707/10, Distributed or remote access707/9Privileged accessExaminersPrimary: Amsbury, WayneAssistant: Al-Hashemi, Sana Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References5604803, Method and apparatus for secure remote authentication in a public networkIssued on: 02/18/1997 Inventor: Aziz5634053, Federated information management (FIM) system and method for providing data site filtering and translation for heterogeneous databases Issued on: 05/27/1997 Inventor: Noble, et al.5935246, Electronic copy protection mechanism using challenge and response to prevent unauthorized execution of software Issued on: 08/10/1999 Inventor: Benson6091835, Method and system for transcribing electronic affirmations Issued on: 07/18/2000 Inventor: Smithies, et al.6119229, Virtual property system Issued on: 09/12/2000 Inventor: Martinez, et al.6226750, Secure session tracking method and system for client-server environment Issued on: 05/01/2001 Inventor: Trieger6321267, Method and apparatus for filtering junk email Issued on: 11/20/2001 Inventor: Donaldson6347358, Disk control unit and disk control method Issued on: 02/12/2002 Inventor: Kuwata6356936Relevance clause for computed relevance messaging Issued on: 03/12/2002 Inventor: Donoho, et al. International ClassG06F 017/30 |
