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- the invention relates to the field of electronic mail messaging and in particular to a web based email control center for managing emails from multiple senders to different email addresses utilized by a particular user.
- a user accessing web sites over the World Wide Web graphical user interface portion of the Internet may do so via one or more “portals” or “aggregators”.
- an individual can access various web sites over the Internet 100 using a web browser software application 101 such as Netscape Navigator available from American Online (AOL), or Internet Explorer available from Microsoft Corporation.
- the web sites provide such diverse services as online stock brokerage accounts 102 , retail accounts 103 , travel services 104 , online auctions 105 , online magazines and newspapers 106 , and the like.
- the user may access various web sites via a particular Internet portal site 110 , such as America Online (AOL), and in another instance, access other web sites via a different portal site 120 , such as Yahoo!
- Embodiments provide for accessing web sites on which the user has an account and providing notification of changes at the site.
- Embodiments also enable information to be collected, organized, presented and forwarded, such as change or status information corresponding to one or more of a user's accounts.
- Electronic mail management embodiments are also provided, enabling email to be collected and forwarded from a central site to other email addresses, or enabling the user to view the email at the central site.
- a user may, for example, assign individual email addresses to any number of uses, such as an individual email address for use in communicating with a particular commercial web site.
- Embodiments further enable such information handling to be conducted automatically.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a prior art system for communicating with multiple web sites via a web browser software application.
- FIG. 2 illustrates single site notification of changes in status of a user's web site accounts in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates generation of a unique email address for use in communicating with a web site in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 further illustrates generation of a unique email address for use in communicating with a web site in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a user's email inbox in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 illustrates an email control center and options related thereto in accordance with the present invention.
- reference numerals in the accompanying drawings typically are in the form “drawing number” followed by two digits, xx; for example, reference numerals may be numbered 3xx. In certain cases, a reference numeral may be introduced on one drawing and the same reference numeral may be utilized on other drawings to refer to the same item.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a web site change notification screen 201 in accordance with the present invention.
- a user receives notification of changes and status of multiple online accounts while visiting a web site 200 , in this instance, the preview travel web site.
- the user accesses the web site using a browser software application executing on a computing device, such as a personal computer, connected to the Internet's world wide web.
- a computing device such as a personal computer
- the notification screen is provided by a web site change notification software application.
- the notification software may be implemented as part of the web browser application, or a stand alone application. Additionally, the application may reside locally, at the user's computer, or reside at a central location, e.g., a server, accessible over the Internet.
- the software application underlies a fee-based or free service that may be provided by an e-commerce business, e.g., BuyJupiter in the illustration provided in FIG. 2 .
- the notification screen 201 provides up to date information for each of the sites listed in the screen 201 .
- the listed sites are previously selected by the user.
- the sites are listed if a change in status of the user's account at the sites is detected by the change notification software.
- the software may display the status of a selected number of most recently visited web sites in which the user conducted a transaction.
- screen 201 displays the status of the user's Hotmail email account 210 , the change in status of a bid on the auction site, eBay 211 , stock trading activities at the user's online brokerage account 212 , etc.
- the change notification software may be configured so that it periodically displays screen 201 , or displays the screen when the user visits a particular web site, or displays the screen when requested by the user. In any case, the change notification software provides seamless notification of all the user's transactions in a single, easy to view, pop up window. If the user desires further information regarding status of their account at a particular web site, the user may specify the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address in the web browser, or follow a hyperlink to the site, if provided in the notification screen.
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- the Internet user is provided with significant flexibility and privacy in managing electronic mail messages.
- the invention generates a new, revocable email address whenever needed or requested by the user; the user's primary email address is not needed to communicate with a web site. For example, the user may wish to remain anonymous when visiting a particular web site, as when checking out a competitor's web site that requires registration.
- An embodiment of the present invention allows the user to specify a unique email address for use in communicating with the service provided by the web site.
- the embodiment sends all emails to the user at a web based central email center and optionally sorts them by sender or other user configured designation.
- an embodiment of the present invention enables a user to stop or suspend email from any sender at any time or forward the email to another email address, e.g., the user's business or Hotmail email address instead of the user's personal email address.
- the present invention provides notification of receipt of an email on the user's computer display screen.
- FIG. 3 the user is visiting the Eddie Bauer web site 300 , and is being asked by the web site to providing shipping and billing information, including the user's email address.
- a pop up window 301 is provided by an embodiment of the present invention to supply the necessary shipping and billing information.
- the user is able to specify at 302 the email address with which to correspond with the user.
- Email is to be sent to the BuyJupiter email center.
- a unique email address 400 is created by concatenating a numeric value 833.543.5426 to the high level domain name @buyjupiter.com.
- a different numeric value is provided by the present invention so that each account set up by the user may utilize a unique email address. If the user then receives email from the web site, whether solicited or unsolicited, the user is able to discern the sender of the email, as well as control future email correspondence with the web site by discarding the email address.
- any alphanumeric character string that conforms with the applicable email communication standard, such as SMTP, may be utilized in conjunction with the high level domain name portion of the email address.
- FIG. 5 the user's inbox at the email center “BuyJupiter” is illustrated.
- Email is identified and sorted according to sender.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the email control center 600 as envisaged in accordance with the present invention.
- One of the key advantages of the control center is the automatic aggregation of information at one site, rather than requiring the user to visit multiple sites to view the information. Additionally, although the user is, specifying different email addresses for different accounts at different web sites, the user can receive notification at one site from each of the sites, providing for convenient, private electronic communication with the multiple accounts.
- a user may delete the email address used by that particular web site to communicate with the user so that the user no longer receives email messages from the web site. For example, if the user wishes to no longer receive email from the Eddie Bauer web site, the user selects the check box 601 with a user input device such as a mouse pointer and then presses the delete button 602 . Thereafter, Eddie Bauer is removed from the user's email control center as a sender of email to the user.
- a user input device such as a mouse pointer
- the user may configure an actual email address used by the user to which to forward email received at the email control center via the email address generated, for example, at 400 .
- the user could forward the email to the user's Hotmail email address 603 .
- the pull down list 604 allows the user to add to or select from any one of a number of different email addresses utilized by the user. In this manner, the user may receive email messages from a web site without having to identify the user's actual email address to the web site, thereby ensuring the user's privacy and ability to discard unwanted and/or unsolicited emails.
- the email center further provides for the user's ability to configure when and how often to receive an email from a given sender.
- the notify column in the email control center provides for the user to configure whether to receive an email from a particular sender immediately, never, every so often, e.g., once a week, or after a particular number of email messages are received from the sender and accumulate in the user's email control center.
- the user has configured the email control center to forward email messages from the Eddie Bauer web site to the user's Hotmail email account upon receipt of five new messages from the web site.
- the number of entries in the user's email control center becomes too numerous to easily view in the screen display depicted in FIG. 6 .
- the user is able to separate and categorize web sites according to, user defined preference.
- the user is provided a pull down list with which to add or select one of a number of categories, e.g., merchants, news, business, or the like, so that only web sites for a particular category are displayed.
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- This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/437,812, filed Nov. 10, 1999 which is incorporated by reference herein, which itself claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/107,790, filed Nov. 10, 1998.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The invention relates to the field of electronic mail messaging and in particular to a web based email control center for managing emails from multiple senders to different email addresses utilized by a particular user.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Today, a user accessing web sites over the World Wide Web graphical user interface portion of the Internet may do so via one or more “portals” or “aggregators”. With reference to
FIG. 1 , an individual can access various web sites over the Internet 100 using a web browser software application 101 such as Netscape Navigator available from American Online (AOL), or Internet Explorer available from Microsoft Corporation. The web sites provide such diverse services as onlinestock brokerage accounts 102,retail accounts 103,travel services 104,online auctions 105, online magazines andnewspapers 106, and the like. In one instance, the user may access various web sites via a particularInternet portal site 110, such as America Online (AOL), and in another instance, access other web sites via adifferent portal site 120, such as Yahoo! - Visiting multiple web sites to check news, obtain stock quotes, examine retail orders, or book travel plans, can be cumbersome and repetitive. Retrieving information from multiple accounts is time consuming. Moreover, many sites require a user to provide personal information, such as his name, address, credit card number, and email address. Providing such information also raises privacy concerns and opens the door for unsolicited emails directed to the user. A user visiting certain web sites may be reluctant to either provide their email address or provide a fake email address.
- Accordingly, there is a need for a method and apparatus that provide for increased ease and convenience in managing a user's Internet communications, while at the same time ensuring the user's privacy and minimizing unsolicited email communications with the user.
- Methods and apparatus according to embodiments of the invention provide for accessing web sites on which the user has an account and providing notification of changes at the site. Embodiments also enable information to be collected, organized, presented and forwarded, such as change or status information corresponding to one or more of a user's accounts. Electronic mail management embodiments are also provided, enabling email to be collected and forwarded from a central site to other email addresses, or enabling the user to view the email at the central site. A user may, for example, assign individual email addresses to any number of uses, such as an individual email address for use in communicating with a particular commercial web site. Embodiments further enable such information handling to be conducted automatically.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a prior art system for communicating with multiple web sites via a web browser software application. -
FIG. 2 illustrates single site notification of changes in status of a user's web site accounts in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 illustrates generation of a unique email address for use in communicating with a web site in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 further illustrates generation of a unique email address for use in communicating with a web site in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a user's email inbox in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 illustrates an email control center and options related thereto in accordance with the present invention. - For ease of reference, reference numerals in the accompanying drawings typically are in the form “drawing number” followed by two digits, xx; for example, reference numerals may be numbered 3xx. In certain cases, a reference numeral may be introduced on one drawing and the same reference numeral may be utilized on other drawings to refer to the same item.
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FIG. 2 illustrates a web sitechange notification screen 201 in accordance with the present invention. A user receives notification of changes and status of multiple online accounts while visiting aweb site 200, in this instance, the preview travel web site. The user accesses the web site using a browser software application executing on a computing device, such as a personal computer, connected to the Internet's world wide web. It should be noted that while the described embodiment operates in conjunction with the Internet, the present invention may be implemented in an Intranet environment as well. - The notification screen is provided by a web site change notification software application. The notification software may be implemented as part of the web browser application, or a stand alone application. Additionally, the application may reside locally, at the user's computer, or reside at a central location, e.g., a server, accessible over the Internet. The software application underlies a fee-based or free service that may be provided by an e-commerce business, e.g., BuyJupiter in the illustration provided in
FIG. 2 . - The
notification screen 201 provides up to date information for each of the sites listed in thescreen 201. In one instance, the listed sites are previously selected by the user. The sites are listed if a change in status of the user's account at the sites is detected by the change notification software. Alternatively, the software may display the status of a selected number of most recently visited web sites in which the user conducted a transaction. Thus,screen 201 displays the status of the user's Hotmailemail account 210, the change in status of a bid on the auction site, eBay 211, stock trading activities at the user'sonline brokerage account 212, etc. - The change notification software may be configured so that it periodically displays
screen 201, or displays the screen when the user visits a particular web site, or displays the screen when requested by the user. In any case, the change notification software provides seamless notification of all the user's transactions in a single, easy to view, pop up window. If the user desires further information regarding status of their account at a particular web site, the user may specify the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address in the web browser, or follow a hyperlink to the site, if provided in the notification screen. - In another aspect of the invention, the Internet user is provided with significant flexibility and privacy in managing electronic mail messages. In one embodiment, the invention generates a new, revocable email address whenever needed or requested by the user; the user's primary email address is not needed to communicate with a web site. For example, the user may wish to remain anonymous when visiting a particular web site, as when checking out a competitor's web site that requires registration. An embodiment of the present invention allows the user to specify a unique email address for use in communicating with the service provided by the web site.
- Additionally, the embodiment sends all emails to the user at a web based central email center and optionally sorts them by sender or other user configured designation. In this manner, an embodiment of the present invention enables a user to stop or suspend email from any sender at any time or forward the email to another email address, e.g., the user's business or Hotmail email address instead of the user's personal email address.
- In another embodiment, the present invention provides notification of receipt of an email on the user's computer display screen.
- The above mentioned email features of the present invention are better understood with reference to
FIGS. 3 and 4 . InFIG. 3 , the user is visiting the Eddie Bauerweb site 300, and is being asked by the web site to providing shipping and billing information, including the user's email address. A pop upwindow 301 is provided by an embodiment of the present invention to supply the necessary shipping and billing information. In particular, the user is able to specify at 302 the email address with which to correspond with the user. Email is to be sent to the BuyJupiter email center. - As seen in
FIG. 4 , when the user information is supplied to the form at theweb site 300 by the clicking on the fields in the pop upwindow 301, aunique email address 400 is created by concatenating a numeric value 833.543.5426 to the high level domain name @buyjupiter.com. When the user registers at another web site, a different numeric value is provided by the present invention so that each account set up by the user may utilize a unique email address. If the user then receives email from the web site, whether solicited or unsolicited, the user is able to discern the sender of the email, as well as control future email correspondence with the web site by discarding the email address. It should be understood that while the email address generated by an embodiment of the present invention utilizes a numeric prefix, any alphanumeric character string that conforms with the applicable email communication standard, such as SMTP, may be utilized in conjunction with the high level domain name portion of the email address. - In
FIG. 5 , the user's inbox at the email center “BuyJupiter” is illustrated. Email is identified and sorted according to sender. Thus, an email from the Eddie Bauer web site is easily identified at 501.FIG. 6 illustrates theemail control center 600 as envisaged in accordance with the present invention. One of the key advantages of the control center is the automatic aggregation of information at one site, rather than requiring the user to visit multiple sites to view the information. Additionally, although the user is, specifying different email addresses for different accounts at different web sites, the user can receive notification at one site from each of the sites, providing for convenient, private electronic communication with the multiple accounts. - By selecting a check box associated with a particular web site, a user may delete the email address used by that particular web site to communicate with the user so that the user no longer receives email messages from the web site. For example, if the user wishes to no longer receive email from the Eddie Bauer web site, the user selects the
check box 601 with a user input device such as a mouse pointer and then presses thedelete button 602. Thereafter, Eddie Bauer is removed from the user's email control center as a sender of email to the user. - In another aspect of the present invention, the user may configure an actual email address used by the user to which to forward email received at the email control center via the email address generated, for example, at 400. Thus, if a user wished to receive an email from the Eddie Bauer web site at the user's Hotmail email account, the user could forward the email to the user's
Hotmail email address 603. The pull downlist 604 allows the user to add to or select from any one of a number of different email addresses utilized by the user. In this manner, the user may receive email messages from a web site without having to identify the user's actual email address to the web site, thereby ensuring the user's privacy and ability to discard unwanted and/or unsolicited emails. - The email center further provides for the user's ability to configure when and how often to receive an email from a given sender. The notify column in the email control center provides for the user to configure whether to receive an email from a particular sender immediately, never, every so often, e.g., once a week, or after a particular number of email messages are received from the sender and accumulate in the user's email control center. In the instance case, the user has configured the email control center to forward email messages from the Eddie Bauer web site to the user's Hotmail email account upon receipt of five new messages from the web site.
- Given enough web sites with which the user has registered, the number of entries in the user's email control center becomes too numerous to easily view in the screen display depicted in
FIG. 6 . The user is able to separate and categorize web sites according to, user defined preference. At 610, the user is provided a pull down list with which to add or select one of a number of categories, e.g., merchants, news, business, or the like, so that only web sites for a particular category are displayed. - There are, of course, alternatives to the described embodiment which are within the reach of one of ordinary skill in the relevant art. The present invention is intended to be limited only by the claims presented below.
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