Method and apparatus for message transmission verification

• US 20050188033A1
• Filed: 01/18/2005
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Leuca, Ileana A., Aas, David
• Granted Patent: US 7,328,248 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/025 with acknowledge back capability

Abstract

A method and apparatus improve the user-friendliness of messaging systems. A message sender is requested to create a message ID which is used to identify a message being sent by the message sender. At some later time the message sender can query the message center using the sender generated message ID to ask the center to verify whether the message has either been sent to or received by the intended recipient.

Claims

1. A method by which an originator of a message can verify receipt of the message by an intended recipient;

the method comprising the steps of;

associating a user generated verification code with a message intended to be transmitted;

receiving a request to verify receipt of said message, said request including said user generated verification code;

in response to said request, verifying receipt of said message using said user generated verification code.