Patents by Inventor Eric Jeffrey Edwards

Eric Jeffrey Edwards has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic email forwarding rule creation
    Patent number: 7181496
    Abstract: A system and method automatically creates message forwarding rules. The method can include receiving a message having at least one recipient and, for each of the at least one recipient, determining whether a rule exists including the recipient; if a blocking rule exists for the recipient, deleting the blocking rule and creating an active forwarding rule for the recipient; and, if no rule exists for the recipient, creating an active forwarding rule for the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Infowave Software Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Jeffrey Edwards, David Rowley