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Method, apparatus and system for regulating electronic mail

  • US 9,626,655 B2
  • Filed: 02/16/2005
  • Issued: 04/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing an electronic mail message (“

  • email”

    ), comprising;

    receiving, at a computing device, the email, the email being transmitted from an electronic device;

    generating, by the computing device, a transaction record relevant to a specific class of service of the email based upon details of a transaction associated with the email;

    receiving, by the computing device, an electronic postmark, the electronic postmark configured to authenticate the transaction record resulting in an authenticated transaction record;

    adding, by the computing device, a unique identifier of the electronic postmark to the email;

    transmitting the email, including the unique identifier, from the computing device;

    transmitting the authenticated transaction record from the computing device to the electronic device, the authenticated transaction record being transmitted to confirm the delivery of the email, including a confirmation of restricted delivery of the email to an addressee, the delivery of the email to the addressee configured to provide a notification of the email via a notice;

    receiving, by the computing device, the digitally signed notice via an electronic universal reference locator-type link in the notice; and

    delivering, by the computing device, a key to the addressee, the key configured to facilitate opening of the email.

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