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Delivering messages in a communication system

  • US 9,130,894 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2012
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A message delivery system comprising a message server including one or more computer processors configured to:

  • receive a message from a sending computing system and subsequently generate a message ID in response to receiving the message, the message ID being generated to identify the received message, the message being intended for a receiving computing system;

    cause the message ID to be pushed to a message ID database that is separate from the message server, the message ID database implemented by one or more decentralized resources of a peer-to-peer database;

    receive, prior to transmitting the message to the receiving computing system, a request from the receiving computing system that includes at least some information contained in the message ID, the at least some information contained in the message ID obtained from a message ID response returned by the message ID database responsive to a message ID query submitted by the receiving computing system; and

    responsive to receiving the request, transmit the message to the receiving computing system.

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