IP Library Granted Patent US 8,706,816
Granted Patent B2
US 8,706,816 · App. 11/160,462 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

System and method for email delivery for shared domain name

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Patent No.
US 8,706,816
App. No.
11/160,462
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention allow for delivery of email messages to email addresses associated with the shared domain names. A Routing Mail Server may determine a network address or a geographical location of a Sender and forward email message to a Recipient associated with that network address or geographical location.

Claims (30)

1. A system, comprising:

one or more computer servers, configured:

to assign a first set of one or more designated network addresses or a first set of one or more designated geographical locations to a first recipient,

to assign a second set of one or more designated network addresses or a second set of one or more designated geographical locations to a second recipient,

to intercept an email message sent by a sender,

to determine a network address or a geographical location of said sender,

to deliver said email message to said first recipient if said email message has originated from said first set of one or more designated network addresses or from said first set of one or more designated geographical locations, and

to deliver said email message to said second recipient if said email message has originated from said second set of one or more designated network addresses or from said second set of one or more designated geographical locations,

wherein said first recipient and said second recipient share a single email address associated with a single shared domain name and said email message was sent to said single email address.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said geographical location of said sender, said first set of one or more designated geographical locations, or said second set of one or more designated geographical locations comprise latitude and longitude coordinates.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a database storing associations between geographical locations and network addresses.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a database storing associations between geographical locations and said first recipient and said second recipient.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a database storing associations between network addresses or blocks of network addresses and said first recipient and said second recipient.

6. A shared domain name electronic mail method, comprising the steps of:

a) assigning a first set of one or more designated network addresses to a first recipient,

b) assigning a second set of one or more designated network addresses to a second recipient,

c) intercepting an email message sent by a sender,

d) determining a network address of said sender,

e) delivering said email message to said first recipient if said email message has originated from said first set of one or more designated network addresses, and

f) delivering said email message to said second recipient if said email message has originated from said second set of one or more designated network addresses, wherein said first recipient and said second recipient share a single email address associated with a single shared domain name and said email message was sent to said single email address.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one step of claim 6 is performed by a Routing Mail Server.

8. A shared domain name electronic mail method, comprising the steps of:

a) assigning a first set of one or more designated geographical locations to a first recipient,

b) assigning a second set of one or more designated geographical locations to a second recipient,

c) intercepting an email message sent by a sender,

d) determining a geographical location of said sender,

e) delivering said email message to said first recipient if said email message has originated from said first set of one or more designated geographical locations, and

f) delivering said email message to said second recipient if said email message has originated from said second set of one or more designated geographical locations, wherein said first recipient and said second recipient share a single email address associated with a single shared domain name and said email message was sent to said single email address.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein at least one step of claim 10 is performed by a Routing Mail Server.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein said geographical location of said sender, said first set of one or more designated geographical locations, or said second set of one or more designated geographical locations comprise latitude and longitude coordinates.

Assignments (4)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION FOR SECURITY AGREEMENT RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 027416/0080 Recorded Feb 17, 2023
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 062780/0514 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 20, 2011
From: GO DADDY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 027416/0080 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: THE GO DADDY GROUP, INC.
To: GO DADDY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 027363/0423 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2005
From: RUIZ, TIM
To: THE GO DADDY GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 016200/0969 →