Secure Transactional Communications
Abstract:
Systems for providing disposable email addresses are disclosed herein. A user may set up a disposable email address for receiving emails from a trusted, Internet-based enterprise. The user may set up a dedicated mailbox folder associated with the disposable email address or enterprise. The email server may automatically direct emails coming from that enterprise into that folder. To "unsubscribe," the user needs only to delete the dedicated folder. Alternatively, emails from the enterprise to the disposable address may be highliglited in the user"s main inbox. Thus, the user may be assured that any such email related to that enterprise found in the user"s inbox or dedicated mailbox folder is truly from the enterprise, and not a phishing expedition or spam. Such systems also provide the user with effective tools to recognize phish or spam emails that appear to be from the trusted enterprise and not to act on them.
Specification
BACKGROUND
[00011 "Phishing" is the act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established, legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that may be used for illicit purposes. Typically, such an e-mail directs the user to visit a Web site where the user is asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has. The Web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user's information.
[0002] Phishing is growing in sophistication and cost to end users and financial institutions, and accounts for a significant portion of the traffic in malicious e-mail. Attackers have ditched virus and worm development and replaced that with increasingly sophisticated phishing campaigns, some of which are extremely targeted. Electronic newslet1:ers, for example, which are often filtered out by spam filters, can be spoofed. It is often impossible/insecure to "unsubscribe" to such newsletters, because links in spam are often not trusted. Consequently, the "unsubscribe" link may not be used. And once an email address is given out, a recipient carmot guarantee that it will not be used for aggressive marketing or sold out to spammers.
[0003] It would be desirable, therefore, if a mechanism were available to protect electronic newsletters and other e-commerce sites from being easy targets for phishing. It would also be desirable if a clear, differentiated channel were available for transactional email (e.g., orders, statements, etc.).
SUMMx'^Y
[0004] Systems and methods for providing smart, disposable email addresses are disclose
Documents
Application Documents
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Date |
| 1 |
abs 5482-chenp-2009 abstract 16-09-2009.jpg |
2009-09-16 |
| 2 |
5482-chenp-2009 power of attorney 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 3 |
5482-chenp-2009 pct search report 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 4 |
5482-chenp-2009 pct 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 5 |
5482-chenp-2009 form-5 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 6 |
5482-chenp-2009 form-3 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 7 |
5482-chenp-2009 form-2 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 8 |
5482-chenp-2009 form-1 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 9 |
5482-chenp-2009 drawings 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 10 |
5482-chenp-2009 description (complete) 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 11 |
5482-chenp-2009 correspondence others 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 12 |
5482-chenp-2009 claims 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 13 |
5482-chenp-2009 abstract 16-09-2009.pdf |
2009-09-16 |
| 14 |
5482-CHENP-2009 FORM-3 16-03-2010.pdf |
2010-03-16 |
| 15 |
5482-chenp-2009 correspondence others 09-03-2011.pdf |
2011-03-09 |
| 16 |
5482-chenp-2009 form-18 09-03-2011.pdf |
2011-03-09 |
| 17 |
5482-CHENP-2009-FER.pdf |
2017-04-27 |
| 18 |
5482-CHENP-2009-AbandonedLetter.pdf |
2017-11-14 |
Search Strategy
| 1 |
PatseerSearchStrategy_27-04-2017.pdf |