SYSTEM FOR, AND METHOD OF, PROVIDING THE TRANSMISSION, RECEIPT AND CONTENT OF A REPLY TO AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
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Abstract
A server transmits a message from a sender to a recipient. The server receives from the recipient an attachment relating to the message route between the server and the recipient. The server transmits to the sender the message and the attachment and their encrypted digital fingerprints and expunges the transmitted information. To subsequently authenticate the message and the attachment, the sender transmits to the server what the server has previously transmitted to the sender. The server then prepares a digital fingerprint of the message and decrypts the encrypted digital fingerprint of the message and compares these digital fingerprints. to authenticate the message. The server performs the same routine with the attachment and the encrypted digital fingerprint of the attachment to authenticate the attachment the recipient replies to the sender'"'"'s message through the server. The server records proof of the delivery and content of the reply to the sender and the recipient.
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28 Claims
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21. A method of providing proof of the transmission, receipt and content of a reply manually initiated by a recipient of an email to the sender of the email, comprising:
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assigning a unique identification to a message received by a server from a sender, the server being displaced from an intended recipient of the message; storing the unique identification of the message in a database; adding a clickable link to the message and also adding an invitation to click on the link if the recipient wishes to receive proof of transmission or delivery of the reply; transmitting the message from the server to the recipient; generating a manually initiated reply to the message at the recipient, the manually initiated reply including a request from the recipient to receive proof of transmission or delivery of the manually initiated reply to the sender by clicking on the link included in the message; transmitting the manually initiated reply to the sender through the server; receiving the manually initiated reply at the server; processing the request by the recipient to receive proof of transmission or delivery of the manually initiated reply to the sender; transmitting the manually initiated reply by the recipient to the sender in a manner wherein the server receives an indication that the reply is transmitted or delivered to the sender; and
,transmitting the indication that the reply is transmitted or delivered to the sender to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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27. A method of transmitting a message from a sender to a recipient through a server displaced from the recipient, including the steps at the server of:
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receiving the message at the server from the sender, providing the message with a unique identification by the server, providing the sender with a unique identification related to the unique identification of the message by the server, transmitting the message from the server to the recipient, adding a clickable link in the message and also adding instructions to click on the link if the recipient wishes to receive proof of transmission or delivery of the reply, storing the unique identification of the message and the sender including an address of the sender in a database by the server, initiating a reply to the message by the recipient clicking on the link in the message, the reply including a request from the recipient to receive proof of delivery of the reply to the sender and proof of content of the reply, the reply also including the unique identification, receiving the reply at the server, locating in the database by the server the identification of the message and the sender using the unique identification in the reply, and transmitting to the sender through the server any the reply by the recipient to the sender in a manner wherein the server receives an indication that the reply is delivered to the sender and proof of the content of the reply, transmitting to the recipient the indication that the reply is delivered to the sender and proof of the content of the reply. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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