System for, and method of, providing the transmission, receipt and content of a reply to an electronic message
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of providing proof of the transmission, receipt and content of a reply manually initiated by a recipient of an electronic message to the sender of the electronic message, comprising:
- 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;
transmitting the message from the server to the recipient;
generating a manually initiated reply to the message at the recipient, the manually initiated reply being initiated by the recipient by clicking on the link included in the message;
receiving the manually initiated reply at the server, the reply including a request from the recipient to receive proof of transmission or delivery of the reply;
transmitting the manually initiated reply to the sender; and
providing proof of the transmission or delivery of the reply to the sender to the recipient.
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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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36 Claims
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1. A method of providing proof of the transmission, receipt and content of a reply manually initiated by a recipient of an electronic message to the sender of the electronic message, 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; transmitting the message from the server to the recipient; generating a manually initiated reply to the message at the recipient, the manually initiated reply being initiated by the recipient by clicking on the link included in the message; receiving the manually initiated reply at the server, the reply including a request from the recipient to receive proof of transmission or delivery of the reply; transmitting the manually initiated reply to the sender; and providing proof of the transmission or delivery of the reply to the sender to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. 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, 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 transmission or delivery of the reply to the sender by the server, 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, transmitting to the sender the reply by the recipient to the sender, and providing proof of the transmission or delivery of the reply to the sender by the server to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for providing proof of the transmission, receipt and content of a reply manually initiated by a recipient of an electronic message to the sender of the electronic message, comprising:
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a server displaced from an intended recipient of a message, the server comprising a memory and a processor, said processor programmed using software commands to; receive the message from a sender, assign a unique identification to the message, store the unique identification of the message in a database on a memory associated with the server, add a clickable link to the message, transmit the message from the server to the recipient, respond to a command generated when the recipient manually clicks on the link included in the message by performing a selected action to facilitate a reply to the message by the recipient, the manual click on the link also indicating a request from the recipient to receive proof of transmission or delivery of the reply sent to the sender, and respond to the request by the recipient to provide the proof of the transmission or delivery of the reply to the sender. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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