公开(公告)号：US06697462B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-24

申请号：US10120058

申请日：2002-04-10

Applicant: Philip R. Raymond

Inventor： Philip R. Raymond

IPC: H04M1100

CPC classification number: H04N1/32021 ,  G06Q10/107 ,  H04L12/14 ,  H04L51/12 ,  H04M7/0054 ,  H04M7/128 ,  H04N1/32005 ,  H04N1/3201 ,  H04N2201/0098

Abstract: A system and methods for discouraging unwanted electronic communications requires a communication sender who is not recognized by the intended recipient, or who is not approved by the intended recipient, to a post a bond to accompany the communication. Adaptable to eliminating spam, unwanted faxes, unwanted telephone calls, etc., the system and method forces the money associated with the bond to be forfeited if the communication is rejected or deemed undesirable by the recipient. To prevent financially motivated abuse on the part of recipients, the preferred embodiment forfeits the bond money in favor of a third party such as a charity or governmental entity, to which the recipient has no legal obligation. A further safeguard against recipient abuse gives senders a predetermined number of unsolicited communications to send to system subscribers, after which bonds are required to send unapproved communications.

Abstract translation: 用于阻止不需要的电子通信的系统和方法需要未被预期接收者识别或未被预期接收者批准的通信发送者发布附带通信的债券。 适应消除垃圾邮件，不需要的传真，不需要的电话等，系统和方法强制与债券相关联的资金被没收，如果通信被拒绝或被认为不受接收者的不利。 为了防止受援者受到财务动机的虐待，优先采用的方式是没收有偿接收方没有法律义务的第三方，如慈善机构或政府实体的债券。 进一步的防止接收者滥用的保护措施使发送者有预定数量的未经请求的通信发送给系统用户，之后需要发送未经批准的通信。