Patent ID: 7072947
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring email behavior of an email recipient, the email recipient being associated with a first email domain, comprising: control logic configured to modify an outgoing email addressed to the email recipient and sent using an email client configured to allow a sender to send the outgoing email and access one or more personal or corporate emails belonging to the sender, wherein the control logic configured to modify the outgoing email is further configured to edit the outgoing email to include a tracking code, wherein the tracking code is uniquely associated with the outgoing email, the email recipient, the sender or the business entity associated with the sender or a combination thereof; and control logic configured to monitor the email behavior of the email recipient with respect to the modified outgoing email; wherein the monitoring of the email behavior is performed within an Internet domain related to the sender or a business entity associated with the sender; wherein the first email domain and the Internet domain related to the sender or the business entity associated with the sender are different; wherein upon the email recipient opening the modified outgoing email, a connection to a remote server is made in which the tracking code is transmitted to the remote server; wherein the connection to the remote server is an image call inserted into the modified outgoing email; wherein the tracking code is embedded within the image call; and wherein upon receipt of the tracking code by the remote server, the remote server is able to determine whether the modified outgoing email has been opened by the email recipient.