Patent ID: 7774420
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for managing on-demand email storage, comprising: an email service provider system communicatively connected to a network, wherein a predetermined storage space of a specified size is allocated to said intended recipient by said email service provider system; said email service provider system further comprising: means for receiving an email for an intended recipient at an email service provider; means for determining whether said predetermined storage space has sufficient capacity for storage of said email; means, responsive to determining said predetermined storage space has insufficient capacity for storage of said email, determining whether said email matches with criteria set by said intended recipient specifying a domain name in a sender address for addition of said on-demand storage space; means, responsive to a particular sender address in said email matching said domain name in said sender address specified in said criteria, for allocating by said email service provider on-demand storage space to a total storage space allocated to said intended recipient comprising said predetermined storage space and said on-demand storage space and for storing said email in said allocated on-demand storage space, such that said email is stored, rather than discarded, when said predetermined storage space reaches full capacity; and means, responsive to said particular sender address in said email not matching said domain name in said sender address specified in said criteria, for discarding said email.