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Secure messaging systems

  • US 4,866,707 A
  • Filed: 03/01/1988
  • Issued: 09/12/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A messaging system in which messages are sent and acknowledged, the system comprising a plurality of terminals and means for interconnecting said terminals, each terminal including:

  • means for sending a message to another terminal;

    means for storing any messages which have been sent to another terminal;

    means for detecting any stored message upon receipt of an acknowledgment of said message from the terminal to which the message was sent; and

    means for bundling a new message with any stored messages,whereby when it is desired to send a new message from a first terminal to a second terminal the new message is bundled with any other messages which were previously sent from the first terminal to the second terminal but no acknowledgment of which was received by the first terminal and the bundle is thereupon sent from the first terminal to the second terminal.

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