System for handling electronic messages with the senders' financial guarantee
First Claim
1. A method of regulating electronic communications, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) via a sender, purchasing a satisfaction bond to be coupled with a communication, said bond being adapted to be forfeited if a recipient of the communication to which the bond is coupled rejects the communication;
d) establishing said bond comprising;
e) via said sender, pledging or transferring a res in exchange for said bond; and
f) generating a block of secure data, said secure data comprising;
g) a secure certificate containing at least sender identity indicia;
h) a digital signature;
i) a hashing code; and
j) a hash of the message for which said bond is to accompany;
k) sending a message intended for a recipient accompanied by said bond;
l) prior to receipt of said message by the intended recipient, verifying the legitimacy of said bond via a third party;
m) subjecting said message to a filter when said bond is not determined to be legitimate or said message is not accompanied by a bond, said filter being adapted to accept or reject messages based upon predetermined criteria; and
n) not subjecting said message to a filter when said bond is determined to be legitimate.
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Abstract
A method of regulating electronic communications at least includes, via a sender, purchasing a satisfaction bond to be coupled with a communication, the bond being adapted to be forfeited if a recipient of the communication to which the bond is coupled rejects the communication, and sending a message intended for a recipient accompanied by the bond. The bond is established by at least, via the sender, pledging or transferring a res in exchange for the bond, and generating a block of secure data, the secure data comprising a secure certificate containing at least sender identity indicia, a digital signature, a hashing code, and a hash of the message for which the bond is to accompany. The method further at least includes, prior to receipt of the message by the intended recipient, verifying the legitimacy of the bond via a third party, subjecting the message to a filter when the bond is not determined to be legitimate or the message is not accompanied by a bond, the filter being adapted to accept or reject messages based upon predetermined criteria, and not subjecting the message to a filter when the bond is determined to be legitimate.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of regulating electronic communications, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) via a sender, purchasing a satisfaction bond to be coupled with a communication, said bond being adapted to be forfeited if a recipient of the communication to which the bond is coupled rejects the communication;
d) establishing said bond comprising;
e) via said sender, pledging or transferring a res in exchange for said bond; and
f) generating a block of secure data, said secure data comprising;
g) a secure certificate containing at least sender identity indicia;
h) a digital signature;
i) a hashing code; and
j) a hash of the message for which said bond is to accompany;
k) sending a message intended for a recipient accompanied by said bond;
l) prior to receipt of said message by the intended recipient, verifying the legitimacy of said bond via a third party;
m) subjecting said message to a filter when said bond is not determined to be legitimate or said message is not accompanied by a bond, said filter being adapted to accept or reject messages based upon predetermined criteria; and
n) not subjecting said message to a filter when said bond is determined to be legitimate. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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2. A system of regulating electronic communications, said system comprising:
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at least one message sender;
at least one message recipient;
a third party;
a mechanism for allowing a sender to purchase a satisfaction bond to be coupled with a communication, said bond being adapted to be forfeited if a recipient of the communication to which the bond is coupled rejects the communication;
a bond generator adapted to establish said bond, said bond generator comprising;
a res exchanger adapted to allow said sender to pledge or transfer a res in exchange for said bond; and
a secure block generator adapted to generate a block of secure data, said secure data comprising;
a secure certificate containing at least sender identity indicia;
a digital signature;
a hashing code; and
a hash of the message for which said bond is to accompany;
a message transmitter adapted to send a message intended for a recipient accompanied by said bond;
a bond legitimacy verifier adapted to, prior to receipt of said message by the intended recipient, verifying the legitimacy of said bond via said third party; and
a message filter adapted to filter said message when said bond is not determined to be legitimate or said message is not accompanied by a bond, said filter being adapted to accept or reject messages based upon predetermined criteria, and said message filter is adapted to forego filtering said message when said bond is determined to be legitimate. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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