System and method for verifying delivery and integrity of electronic messages
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1. A method of transmitting a message from a sender to a recipient and providing an indication that the message was opened by the recipient, comprising:
- receiving the message at a server from the sender, the server being displaced from the recipient,associating a link with the message by the server, the link configured to execute when the link is activated at the recipient to provide an indication that the message has been opened by a recipient,transmitting the message and the link from the server to the recipient,executing the link when the link is activated at the recipient to control the server to provide an indication that the message has been delivered to the recipient or opened by the recipient, to cause information to be displayed to the recipient, to transmit an indication that the information was displayed to the recipient, and to control the server to make a record of the information displayed to the recipient when the link was activated at the recipient,providing, at the server, an authenticatible information related to the message, andtransmitting, from the server to the sender, the authenticatible information, the indication of the delivery of the message at the recipient and the indication that the information displayed was displayed to the recipient.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for determining when a message is received by a recipient or an agent for the recipient. A link is activated at the recipient to provide an indication that the message has been opened by the recipient. The activation of the link may cause a server remote from the recipient to take some further action.
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42 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting a message from a sender to a recipient and providing an indication that the message was opened by the recipient, comprising:
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receiving the message at a server from the sender, the server being displaced from the recipient, associating a link with the message by the server, the link configured to execute when the link is activated at the recipient to provide an indication that the message has been opened by a recipient, transmitting the message and the link from the server to the recipient, executing the link when the link is activated at the recipient to control the server to provide an indication that the message has been delivered to the recipient or opened by the recipient, to cause information to be displayed to the recipient, to transmit an indication that the information was displayed to the recipient, and to control the server to make a record of the information displayed to the recipient when the link was activated at the recipient, providing, at the server, an authenticatible information related to the message, and transmitting, from the server to the sender, the authenticatible information, the indication of the delivery of the message at the recipient and the indication that the information displayed was displayed to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system transmitting a message from a sender to a recipient and providing an indication that the message was opened by the recipient, comprising:
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a server in electronic communication with the sender and the receiver, the server programmed to receive a message from the sender, to associate a link with the message, the link configured to execute when the link is activated at the recipient to provide an indication that the message has been opened by a recipient, to transmit the message and the link from the server to the recipient, wherein the link is executed when the link is activated at the recipient to control the server to provide an indication that the message has been opened at the recipient and to display information associated with the link to the recipient and to transmit to the server an indication that the information was displayed to the recipient, and wherein the server is programmed to form an authenticatible information related to the message, and to transmit the indication of the opening of the message at the recipient, the indication that the information was displayed to the recipient, and the authenticatible information from the server to the sender. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for transmitting a message from a sender to a recipient and providing an indication that the message was opened by the recipient, comprising:
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a server in electronic communication with the sender and the receiver, the server programmed to receive a message from the sender, to associate a link with the message, the link configured to execute when the link is activated at the recipient to provide an indication that the message has been delivered to a recipient, to transmit the message and the link from the server to the recipient, wherein the link is executed when the link is activated at the recipient to control the server to provide an indication that the message has been delivered to the recipient and to display selected information to the recipient and to control the server to provide an indication that the information was displayed to the recipient, and wherein the server is programmed to form an authenticatible information related to the message, to transmit the indication that the information was displayed to the recipient, and to transmit the indication of the delivery of the message to the recipient and the authenticatible information from the server to the sender. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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