Patent ID: 8015286

Claim:
A method of enabling an apparatus comprising a server computer to send a notice to a network account holder, the method comprising: receiving, by an apparatus comprising a server computer, a request for a service from a second computer used by a user and through a first path comprising a network and a third computer used by an ISP having a contractual relationship with a network account holder; making, by the apparatus, a first determination whether to send a notice to the network account holder via a second path arranged by the ISP and the network account holder, the notice comprising a communication and the second path comprising a standardized communication pathway; making, by the apparatus, a second determination whether to send a response to the second computer via a third path, the third path comprising the network and the ISP; if the first determination is to send the notice, generating the notice comprising a communication and sending the notice to the network account holder via the second path; wherein the apparatus need know neither an identity of the network account holder nor an identity of the user and neither the notice nor the response need contain the identity of the network account holder or the identity of the user.