Mail Transmission System Batching Emails by Domain

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional SMTP-based email transmission systems face bottlenecks when handling large volumes of emails, requiring numerous procedures and relaying through multiple servers, leading to slow data transfer and increased load on the internet, which cannot efficiently handle frequent information distribution requests from companies like banks and stock brokerages.

Innovation Solution

A mail transmission system that groups emails by server domain information, using protocols like FTP or HTTP to efficiently transmit data to designated servers, reducing the number of procedures and bypassing the need for multiple server relays, thereby accelerating data transfer and minimizing load on the network.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If SMTP protocol is used for email transmission, then email can be transmitted between mail servers, but the number of procedures and server relays increases, leading to slow data transfer

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemail transmission speedVSAvoidnumber of procedures and server relays
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple email transmission procedures into a single batch transfer operation. Instead of transmitting emails one by one through multiple SMTP server relays, the system groups multiple emails and transmits them together in one operation, reducing the number of procedures and server relays while significantly improving transmission speed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a batch transfer mechanism as an intermediary between the email sending system and the mail servers. This intermediary consolidates multiple individual email transmissions into a single batch operation, acting as a mediator that reduces the complexity of multiple server relays and procedures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If multiple SMTP servers are used for relay transmission, then email can reach recipients through the Internet, but the load on the Internet increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation distribution capabilityVSAvoidload on the Internet
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple individual email transmissions into a single batch transfer operation. By merging multiple SMTP relay operations into one consolidated transfer, the system reduces the cumulative load on Internet servers while maintaining the ability to reach multiple recipients efficiently

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Quantity of substance

If conventional SMTP is used for large volume email transmission, then email data can be transferred, but the transfer time becomes very long

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevolume of emailsVSAvoidtransfer time
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary grouping and preparation of email data before transmission. By pre-organizing multiple emails into a structured batch format and preparing the transmission data in advance, the system enables rapid single-operation transfer, significantly reducing transfer time for large volumes of emails

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements continuous batch transfer operation that maintains high transmission speed throughout the process. Instead of the intermittent, sequential nature of individual SMTP transmissions, the batch approach sustains continuous data flow in a single operation, improving overall transfer efficiency for large email volumes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS8161115B2System and method for effective mail transmission
Publication Date: 2012.04.17 SNAP INC
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AI summary

A system and method for rapidly transmitting a large volume of e-mails. Based on domain names obtained from destination mailing addresses, a server 10 for a sender sorts e-mails to be transmitted, generates transfer data for each domain name by grouping e-mail data, and uses FTP to transmit the transfer data to servers 30 for distributors whose domain names correspond to those for which the transfer data were generated. At this time, compression is effective for improving the transmission of the transfer data. The server 30, upon receiving transfer data, analyzes the received transfer data to obtain the data for individual e-mails, and distributes the e-mail data to the mail boxes of individual recipients.