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Method of using hardware-type electronic signature in e-mail handling system

  • US 20040143740A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2003
  • Published: 07/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of using hardware-type electronic signature in e-mail handling system, comprising the steps of:

  • a) connecting a USB hardware element to a sender end system, using a serial number assigned to said USB hardware element to encode and produce a hardware-type electronic signature, and registering said produced hardware-type electronic signature at a receiver end system;

    b) using said hardware-type electronic signature at said sender end system to encode and format an original e-mail, so as to produce a packet e-mail, and transmitting said packet e-mail to a selected receiver;

    c) verifying said hardware-type electronic signature at said receiver end system on receipt of said packet e-mail; and

    d) decoding said received packet e-mail and reducing the same to said original e-mail when said hardware-type electronic signature has been verified as correct at said receiver end system.

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