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Automatic non-junk message list inclusion

A messaging and spam technology, applied in data processing applications, buying/selling/rental transactions, instruments, etc., to solve problems such as frustration of users and senders, users not following instructions correctly, and solutions not being widely adopted

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-08-03
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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2. The user does not want to receive (but legitimate) email messages marked as spam, such as newsletters, sales email messages, email messages that may be of interest to the user
Unfortunately, these solutions are not widely adopted and cause frustration on both the user and sender side
Some users may not have followed instructions correctly

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[0015] now refer to figure 1 , a block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a system 100 for efficiently including a transactional email address 252 into a user's non-spam list in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. System 100 includes at least one party 102 , and at least one email provider 104 . In one example, party 102 may be an online merchant offering services and goods for sale to online users 106 . In another example, party 102 may be an online subscription provider interacting with online user 106 . Likewise, the at least one email provider 104 may be the email provider of the online user's 106 email account.

[0016] The at least one party 102 uses at least one transaction server 110 to provide services to users. In one embodiment, the transaction server 110 may be a server computer, a cluster of server computers, computers in a distributed environment, or a networked and loosely coupled cluster of computers that work together to per...

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Abstract

Method to effectively include a transaction electronic mail (email) message to a nonjunk mail list of an email account of a user. The method includes interacting with the user to start to complete a business transaction at a transaction web site of a party. A confirmation step is defined to be a second to last step in a plurality of transaction steps to complete the business transaction. A request associated with the defined confirmation step is provided to the user and the request includes adding a transaction email address to the nonjunk mail list. The email account is further received from the user, and properties of the received email account are identified. The method further interacts with the user to login to the received email account and interacts with the user to include the transaction email address to the nonjunk mail list of the email account of the user.

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Background technique [0001] For online users, electronic mail (e-mail) usage has become ubiquitous and in daily use. Commercial senders and merchants send many of the messages that users receive in their email accounts. These messages include account registration confirmations, order confirmations, receipts, shipping status and communications. In other cases, users want to receive these kinds of messages, such as delivery notifications, in their inbox. On the other hand, users do not want to be distracted by messages, or they are simply not interested in receiving messages such as newsletters. [0002] Currently, users face at least the following unfortunate situations: 1. An email message that the user wishes to view is forwarded to a junk folder. For example, this includes messages related to account registration confirmations, account registration verifications, order confirmations, order status, and shipping confirmations. 2. The user does not wish to receive (but legi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q50/00
CPCG06Q10/107G06Q30/06
Inventor O·沙海恩
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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