Patent ID: 6687740
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method for providing an application program with an electronic message to preclude unwanted electronic messages from being sent on a network, comprising:initializing at least one application program after an electronic message is selected by a user, wherein the application program is received with the electronic message on a network; and executing the application program after the initialization thereof, the execution of the application program including: displaying text included with the electronic message, depicting indicia, communicating an identifier of the electronic message on the network upon the selection of the indicia by the user for precluding unwanted electronic messages from being sent on the network; tracking an amount of the identifiers that were sent by a plurality of users who received the electronic message; and precluding unwanted electronic messages from being sent on the network upon a predetermined amount of the identifiers being tracked.