Patent ID: 6895427
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting an e-mail message to a preferred e-mail address that has been sent from a sender address to a second address, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the e-mail message at the second address; parsing non-preferred e-mail address from the e-mail message at the second address and determining if there is a preferred e-mail address associated with the non-preferred e-mail address; if yes, sending the e-mail message from the second address to the preferred e-mail address; if no, parsing the non-preferred e-mail address to extract the domain name and determining if the domain name has been registered with the second address; determining if a list of usernames for the parsed domain name has been registered with the second address; determining if them is a closest match between a username of the non-preferred e-mail address and from said list of usernames for the parsed domain; and sending the closest match username to the sender address if it is determined that there is a closest match.