Patent ID: 7779080

Claim:
A computer implemented method performed by a computer system including a processor and a memory programmed to perform the method comprising: receiving, by the computer system, an indication that a sender that had previously initiated transmission of a first unwanted electronic communication to a first recipient has subsequently initiated transmission of a second unwanted electronic communication to the first recipient, despite a request initiated by the first recipient, after the first unwanted electronic communication was received by the first recipient, that the sender refrain from initiating further unwanted electronic communications to the first recipient, under direction of the processor; updating, by the computer system, an unwanted electronic communication list in the memory to include reference to the second unwanted electronic communication under direction of the processor in response to the indication; receiving, by the computer system, the second unwanted electronic communication destined to a second recipient, under direction of the processor; determining, by the computer system, that the second unwanted electronic communication should be inhibited, under direction the processor, in response to the unwanted electronic communication list and in response to the second unwanted electronic communication; and inhibiting sending, by the computer system, the second unwanted electronic communication to the second recipient when it is determined that the second unwanted electronic communication should be inhibited, under direction of the processor.