Universal recallable, erasable, secure and timed delivery email
First Claim
1. A process for secure and timed delivery of recallable and erasable email comprising:
- a sender'"'"'s mail user agent creating and sending an email to a sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent, said sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent preprocessing said email to create a modified email that has had a link to a stored image of the body from the email substituted for the body of the email, sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent sending the modified email to a recipient'"'"'s mail transport agent where the modified email is stored awaiting recipient'"'"'s request, recipient'"'"'s mail user agent requesting and receiving said modified email from recipient'"'"'s mail transport agent, executing the link contained in the modified email to request the image of the body of the email from sender'"'"'s hypertext transport protocol server, sender'"'"'s hypertext transport protocol server obtaining the image and sending the image to the recipient, and the image displayed for the recipient.
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Abstract
A process for secure, recallable and erasable delivery of email employing a modified sender'"'"'s MTA that preprocesses email prior to sending a substituted modified email to the recipient'"'"'s MTA. The sender'"'"'s MTA preprocesses the email by first stripping the body from the email and creating an image file of the body and a separate image file for each attachment, then creating an entry into a data base containing the body of the email, time saved, destroy time, a field for logging time first displayed, and optionally a counter for total number of times displayable, and finally creating a link to the stored image and substituting the link for the body in the email. The recipient views the email or attachments when the link is executed. The sender can edit or delete any active email and attachments he has sent by logging onto the website of sender'"'"'s HTTP S server.
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10 Claims
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1. A process for secure and timed delivery of recallable and erasable email comprising:
a sender'"'"'s mail user agent creating and sending an email to a sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent, said sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent preprocessing said email to create a modified email that has had a link to a stored image of the body from the email substituted for the body of the email, sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent sending the modified email to a recipient'"'"'s mail transport agent where the modified email is stored awaiting recipient'"'"'s request, recipient'"'"'s mail user agent requesting and receiving said modified email from recipient'"'"'s mail transport agent, executing the link contained in the modified email to request the image of the body of the email from sender'"'"'s hypertext transport protocol server, sender'"'"'s hypertext transport protocol server obtaining the image and sending the image to the recipient, and the image displayed for the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A process for secure and timed delivery of recallable and erasable email comprising:
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a sender preselecting with sender'"'"'s hypertext transport protocol server the sender'"'"'s preferences for the number of times his emails will be displayable and for the length of time his emails will remain active and available for viewing, a sender'"'"'s mail user agent creating and sending an email to a sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent, said sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent preprocessing said email by taking the body from the email and creating and storing an image of the body on a file system and then creating a link to the image that is inserted back into the email as a replacement for the body of the email to form a modified email, sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent creates an entry for the email in a data base containing the body of the email and time saved along with the sender'"'"'s preselected preferences and a blank field for recording the time the email is first displayed, sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent sending the modified email to a recipient'"'"'s mail transport agent where the modified email is stored awaiting recipient'"'"'s request, recipient'"'"'s mail user agent requesting and receiving said modified email from recipient'"'"'s mail transport agent, recipient executing the link contained in the modified email to request the image of the body of the email from sender'"'"'s hypertext transport protocol server, the data base recording the time the email is first displayed and counting down on the counter for the total number of times the email is displayable, sender'"'"'s hypertext transport protocol server obtaining the image and sending the image to the recipient, and the image displayed for the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A process for secure and timed delivery of recallable and erasable email comprising:
a sender'"'"'s mail user agent creating and sending an email to a sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent, said sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent preprocessing said email by removing and storing the original body of the email and creating a modified email by replacing the original body of the email with directions for the recipient on how to access the stored contents of the original body of the email, sender'"'"'s modified mail transport agent sending the modified email to a recipient'"'"'s mail transport agent where the modified email is stored awaiting recipient'"'"'s request, recipient'"'"'s mail user agent requesting and receiving the modified email from recipient'"'"'s mail transport agent, and executing the directions contained in the modified email to access the body of the email.
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