Abstract: Method, product, and apparatus of operating one or more Web pages by email. One embodiment of the method includes sending a first Web page to a first email address via a computer network as a first email message. The sent first Web page may include one or more of links or forms for further interaction, and is in a format consistent with an email environment such that the Web page is directly operable in an email browser of the environment. A user receiving the first email containing the first Web page may respond by operating the received first Web page, and this response may lead to a second email message that includes a URL request or form data being sent by the user to a second email address via the computer network.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2001
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2006
Assignee:
BigBow.com, Inc.
Inventors:
David J. Jilk, Jr., Daniel A. Checkoway, Jonathan P. Hoffman, Ralph A. Clark