WO2002054211A1 - Message screening system - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
- H04L51/21—Monitoring or handling of messages
- H04L51/224—Monitoring or handling of messages providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
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- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
- G06Q10/10—Office automation; Time management
- G06Q10/107—Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
- H04L51/21—Monitoring or handling of messages
- H04L51/212—Monitoring or handling of messages using filtering or selective blocking
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
- H04L51/21—Monitoring or handling of messages
- H04L51/214—Monitoring or handling of messages using selective forwarding
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- This invention relates to screening electronic messages.
- parents and employers may want to supervise their children's and employees' Internet access to prevent improper use, such as receipt of inappropriate content or communications. This supervision may involve "eyes-on" supervision by parents or employers to prevent communication by or with undesirable elements. For instance, a parent or an employer may choose to physically prevent Internet access by the child or the employee until after the parent or the employer has reviewed received messages or to maintain "eyes-on" supervision while the child or the employee is online.
- electronic messages may be routed by routing an electronic message directed to an intended recipient to a supervisory recipient and enabling the electronic message to be screened by the supervisory recipient. Implementations may include one or more of the following features. For example, routing the electronic message may include notifying the intended recipient that the electronic message has been routed to the supervisory recipient. Routed electronic messages may include email, instant or chat room messages.
- screening the electronic message may include allowing the supervisory recipient to approve or reject the electronic message, and forwarding the approved electronic message to the intended recipient. Screening the electronic message also may include comparing an electronic address of a sender of the electronic message to a sender list, and approving or rejecting the electronic message based on a result of the comparison.
- the sender list may include a list of approved senders to compare the electronic address of the sender to the list of approved senders. Alternatively, or additionally, the sender list may include a list of blocked senders to compare the electronic address of the sender to the list of blocked senders.
- a supervisory recipient may be designated for an intended recipient.
- the intended recipient may be a minor child and the supervisory recipient may be a guardian for the minor child.
- the intended recipient and the supervisory recipient may have related accounts within an electronic mail service. Additionally, the intended recipient and the supervisory recipient may have unique screen names comprising a single Internet service provider account. Alternatively, the intended recipient and the supervisory recipient may have unrelated accounts.
- Implementations may include a method or process, an apparatus or system, or computer software on a computer medium.
- the details of one or more of the implementations are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features and advantages will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.
- Figs, la and lb are schematic diagrams of a message screening system.
- Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a method of message screening.
- a message screening system 100a includes sender 110, communication links 120, delivery network 130, server 140, intended recipient 150, and supervisory recipient 160.
- Sender 110 may be a computer programmed or configured to send an electronic message, such as hardware setup 100b described with reference to Fig. lb.
- Hardware setup 100b may include various input/output (I/O) devices (e.g., mouse 101b, keyboard 103b, and display 105b) and a general purpose computer 110b having central processor unit (CPU) 112b, an I/O unit 114b, and memory 116b that stores data and various programs, such as an operating system 116c and one or more application programs 116d.
- Computer system 110b also typically includes some sort of communications card or device 118b (e.g., a modem or a network adapter) for exchanging data with a network.
- communications card or device 118b e.g., a modem or a network adapter
- sender 110 may be implemented by another type of machine or device capable of sending an electronic message. Examples of electronic messages include e-mail, chat room, private chat room, instant messaging, bulletin board postings, and other systems for transmitting text or graphics images to recipients. In other implementations, sender 110 may send a non-electronic message such as a letter, an audio or video message, or a light modulated message. Sender 110 may be connected to delivery network 130 by communication link
- Communication link 120 may include one or more communication pathways that enable communications through one or more delivery networks, such as wired, wireless, cable, or satellite communication pathways.
- delivery networks 130 may include the Internet, the World Wide Web, WANs, LANs, analog or digital wired and wireless telephone networks (e.g., PSTN, ISDN, and xDSL), radio, television, cable, satellite, and/or any other delivery mechanism for carrying data.
- the Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers using a decentralized design.
- Delivery network 130 may be connected by communication link 120 to message screening (MS) server 140, which is capable of handling message screening functions.
- AMS server 140 may include a computer.
- MS server 140 may include a multi-purpose device, or other devices capable of managing message screening functions.
- Message screening functions may include redirecting messages from an intended recipient to a supervisory recipient, concurrent with or instead of directing those messages to the intended recipient.
- the messages to be directed by delivery network 130 to the supervisory recipient may be filtered or otherwise identified based on predetermined criteria or in other ways.
- MS server 140 may be connected by communication link 120 to intended and supervisory recipients 150, 160.
- Intended and supervisory recipients 150, 160 generally are capable of communicating electronic messages and information with the
- intended and supervisory recipients 150, 160 may include personal computer systems or other electronic devices such as a pager, a personal digital assistant, or a wireless telephone for communicating electronic messages.
- intended and supervisory recipients 150, 160 may include software stored on a computer system with different screen names and passwords enabling access to different accounts.
- intended recipient 150 includes software enabling access by a minor child
- supervisory recipient 160 includes software enabling access by the child's parent or guardian.
- intended recipient 150 includes software enabling access by an employee and supervisory recipient 160 includes software enabling access and/or supervision by an employer.
- a process 200 for message screening includes receiving an electronic message directed to an intended recipient and directing that electronic message to a supervisory recipient (step 210), enabling screening of the electronic message by the supervisory recipient (step 220), and forwarding an approved electronic message to the intended recipient (step 230).
- the method 200 for message screening also may include establishing a supervisory recipient for the intended recipient (step 205) and/or notifying the intended recipient (step 250) that one or more messages have been screened.
- Establishing a supervisory recipient may include, for example, storing the related electronic address of the supervisory recipient 160 for the intended recipient 150 in the memory or storage of MS server 140.
- Receiving an electronic message generally is performed by examining the header of the electronic message for an electronic address corresponding to intended recipient 150, determining whether the electronic address of intended recipient 150 corresponds to an intended recipient that is subject to supervisory screening, and routing the electronic message to supervisory recipient 160 if the address corresponds to an intended recipient subject to supervisory screening.
- MS server 140 determines the electronic address of supervisory recipient 160 by, for example, referring to a database or lookup table. MS server 140 then may route the electronic message automatically to an appropriate supervisory recipient 160 corresponding to intended recipient 150.
- the electronic message may be routed to supervisory recipient 160 in addition to intended recipient 150, or it may be routed to supervisory recipient 160 in lieu of intended recipient 150.
- the message screening system may be configured to enable review by supervisory recipient 160 without preventing or delaying receipt by intended recipient 150. This can be performed by, for example, sending the electronic message concurrently to both intended recipient 150 and supervisory recipient 160.
- the supervisory recipient 160 may be given a certain time period to screen and approve an electronic message, after which a default condition may be established to automatically forward the electronic message to the intended recipient 150 or to permanently delete the electronic message.
- receipt of the message by supervisory recipient 160 may be performed with or without notice to intended recipient 150.
- an electronic message may be directed to one or more supervisory recipients 160.
- Enabling screening of the electronic message by the supervisory recipient may include reviewing the electronic message.
- Supervisory recipient 160 may be provided with a viewing screen having one or more control panels that allow supervisory recipient to approve or reject the electronic message for receipt by intended recipient 150.
- the message screening system may be configured to automatically screen an electronic message.
- lists of approved or blocked senders 110 may be stored at supervisory recipient 160, or otherwise, to enable automatic screening of predesignated message types or sender identifications.
- the sender 110 may be added to the lists of approved or blocked senders by the supervisory recipient 160.
- the MS server 140 may compare the electronic address of sender 110 to the list of approved or blocked senders 110 and, based on the comparison, either forward the message, reject the message, or allow supervisory recipient 160 to screen this message of senders 110 personally, or otherwise.
- Approval may include a manual procedure performed by supervisory recipient 160 such as entering a command or pressing a key.
- Approval also may be a default condition that is presumed to exist after a certain time period of inaction by supervisory recipient 160 after receiving the electronic message.
- MS server 140 generally forwards the electronic message to intended recipient 150. Forwarding an approved electronic message to the intended recipient (step
- step 230 generally includes automatically routing the electronic message to the intended recipient if the message is deemed acceptable for forwarding (in step 220). For example, sender 110 may be included on a list of approved senders. Conversely, if the message is not deemed acceptable for forwarding, the message may be refused (step 240). For example, the message may be refused by deletion of the message. In another implementation, the sender may receive or access a message indicating that the electronic message sent to intended recipient 150 was refused.
- Refusal may occur after sender 110 is added to a list of senders whose messages are automatically refused. In yet another implementation, if a threshold number of electronic messages from a sender 110 are refused, the sender may be added to a list of senders to be refused or blocked and all further electronic messages from that sender 110 may be automatically refused or blocked, as appropriate.
- message screening 200 also may include notifying the intended recipient that the electronic message has been routed to the supervisory recipient (step 250).
- the notification may include, for example, an electronic message or a pop-up screen sent by MS server 140 that alerts intended recipient 150 that the electronic message has been routed to supervisory recipient 160.
- supervisory recipient 160 and intended recipient 150 may have related accounts, they may have unique screen names as part of a shared Internet service provider (ISP) account, or they may have unrelated accounts.
- ISP Internet service provider
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