Patent ID: 8161115
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting e-mail data to a plurality of recipients via a network, comprising: reception means for receiving the e-mail data that includes destination address information, domain information included therein and mail text information; transmission data generation means for querying a domain information database to determine if said domain information is registered in said domain information database and for grouping multiple sets of the e-mail data by the domain information when said domain information is registered in said domain information database to generate transmission data, wherein a set comprises e-mail data addressed to multiple different recipients having common domain information; domain information database for storing the domain information which allows grouping of the multiple sets of the e-mail data; first transmission means for transmitting said generated transmission data via said network to a computer system designated based on said domain information using at least one of FTP (file transfer protocol) and HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol); second transmission means for transmitting each set of the e-mail data one by one via said network using SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol), if it is determined that the domain information has not yet been registered in said domain information database; and collector means for collecting e-mail transmission information for use in charging for transmission of e-mail data.