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Messaging systems and methods that employ a blockchain to ensure integrity of message delivery

  • US 10,122,661 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2016
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving an email message at a first email message server;

    recording a selected component of the email message into a block of a blockchain that comprises a chain of linked blocks, wherein the blockchain is stored in a distributed database system that is distributed across a network of interconnected computer nodes;

    adding the selected component of the email message to the blockchain after validation by other participants in the blockchain;

    receiving the email message at a second email message server; and

    determining, at a second email message server, whether a component from the received email message matches the selected component that is stored in the block of the blockchain.

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