Addressee-defined mail addressing system and metho

专利名称：Addressee-defined mail addressing system

and method

发明人：Brian Mark Shuster申请号：US09860052申请日：20010516

公开号：US20020023135A1公开日：20020221

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摘要：A mail delivery system and method for delivery of mail to addressees aredisclosed. The system is particularly suitable for implementation in the context of anemail or similar electronic messaging system, and is particularly useful for managing

and/or discouraging unsolicited junk mail. The system comprises a plurality of uniquedelivery addresses, each for a corresponding addressee, and a plurality of delivery codes.The delivery codes are generally defined or otherwise controlled by the addressees, witheach addressee controlling a specific subset of the delivery codes. Any given deliverycode does not comprise a unique delivery address or any essential portion thereof, andinstead comprises distinct, essentially arbitrary addressee-controlled information. Themethod comprises addressing a selected piece of the mail with a selected deliveryaddress, and associating a selected delivery code with the selected delivery address ofthe piece of mail. The selected delivery code may be (and from the mail sender's

viewpoint, preferably is) one defined by the addressee of the particular piece of mail. Themethod further comprises delivering the piece of mail to the addressee if the deliveryaddress is associated with a valid delivery code defined by the addressee, and dispatchingthe piece of mail as directed by the addressee, if it does not have a valid, addressee-defined delivery code. For example, mail lacking a valid delivery code may be deleted ordestroyed without delivering to the addressee. The system further comprises means forperforming steps of the method, such as an application operable in a computer memory.

申请人：SHUSTER BRIAN MARK

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