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Automated message security scanner detection system

  • US 10,182,031 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2016
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining whether an electronic message was delivered to an intended recipient or intercepted by a sandbox, comprising:

  • by a message generation server;

    identifying a recipient for receiving a message,selecting a first identifier that may be actuated and a second identifier that may be actuated, wherein the first identifier comprises a hyperlink that is associated with a web page at a web address,generating an electronic message so that the message includes the hyperlink, andtransmitting the electronic message to the recipient via a communication network for delivery to an address of the recipient; and

    by a web server;

    hosting the web page so that the web page includes the second identifier in a format that is not visible to a human user of the web page,monitoring whether interaction occurs with the second identifier, anddetermining whether a sandbox may have intercepted the electronic message based on whether the web server detects interaction with the second identifier.

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