System and method for selectively increasing message transaction costs
First Claim
1. A method for increasing message costs to minimize junk or spam emails, comprising:
- receiving at a relaying computer over a data link a request from a sending computer to route a message to a recipient address;
calculating a delay period, in response to the request;
sending a command from the relaying computer to the sending computer, the command causing the sending computer to re-queue the message for re-transmission of the message to the relaying computer;
dropping the data link;
receiving over the data link a next request to route the message to the recipient address;
dropping the data link, if the next request was received during the delay period; and
routing the message referenced in the next request to the recipient address, if the delay period has expired.
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Abstract
A system and method for increasing message transaction costs is disclosed. One basic embodiment of the method includes the elements of: receiving over a data link a request to route a message to a recipient address; calculating a delay period, in response to the request; dropping the data link; receiving over the data link a next request to route a message to a recipient address; dropping the data link, if the next request was received during the delay period; and routing the message referenced in the next request to the recipient address, if the delay period has expired. The system of the present invention, includes all means for implementing the method.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for increasing message costs to minimize junk or spam emails, comprising:
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receiving at a relaying computer over a data link a request from a sending computer to route a message to a recipient address; calculating a delay period, in response to the request; sending a command from the relaying computer to the sending computer, the command causing the sending computer to re-queue the message for re-transmission of the message to the relaying computer; dropping the data link; receiving over the data link a next request to route the message to the recipient address; dropping the data link, if the next request was received during the delay period; and routing the message referenced in the next request to the recipient address, if the delay period has expired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for increasing message transaction costs to minimize junk or spam emails, comprising a:
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sending computer; a relaying computer; means for receiving at a relaying computer over a data link a request from a sending computer to route a message to a recipient address; means for calculating a delay period, in response to the request; means for sending a command from the relaying computer to the sending computer, the command causing the sending computer to re-queue the message for re-transmission of the message to the relaying computer; means for dropping the data link; means for receiving over the data link, if the next request was received during the delay period; and means for routing the message referenced in the next request to the recipient address, if the delay period has expired.
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