Patent ID: 7853657

Claim:
A method for responding to an incoming electronic message, the method executed by a processor and associated computer memory configured to perform the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the incoming electronic message is relevant or irrelevant to a user using a user profile containing information regarding relevant and irrelevant messages; if the incoming electronic message is irrelevant to the user, parsing the incoming electronic message for message origination information, wherein the message origination information parsed includes one or more items selected from the group comprising: a sending email address, a sending email domain, a unique message identifier, a reply email address, a reply email domain, a response domain, a response email, a response URL, an opt out URL, an opt out email, and an anonymous FTP login for message image, physical address and telephone numbers; and replying to the message using the message origination information, wherein replying comprises: measuring and capturing sender suggested content for the user to review at a time convenient to the user; and repeat replying to the message at a first user-specified interval of time or until the sender suggested content is successfully measured and captured within a second user-specified interval of time or until a reply is sent a user-specified number of times.