Patent ID: 7788325
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for determining a desired recipient's email address comprising: a. choosing one or more target recipients; b. providing a unique email server address for each target recipient; c. providing two or more first target recipient's data items; d. guessing a plurality of first target recipient's candidate email addresses from the unique email server address and data items; e. developing a known invalid email address for the unique email server address; f. sending a probe email addressed to the known invalid email address; g. monitoring a response of a target recipient email server for the unique email server address; h. determining, from the response, whether the target recipient email server issues a bounce in response to the sending of an email to an invalid email address; i. recording that the email address cannot be found if no bounce to the sending of the probe email occurs; and if the target recipient email server issues a bounce in response to the sending of the probe email, then: