Certified Email System and Method
First Claim
1. A method for providing a time stamp by a time-stamping system, comprising:
- receiving an email from an email sender;
wherein said email has at least one recipient electronic-delivery address associated therewith for transmitting said email to at least one recipient and has a TCC;
Address associated therewith for transmitting said email to said time-stamping system;
wherein receipt of said email by said time-stamping system comprises a solicitation for said time stamp;
preparing said email for submission to a time-stamp authority;
obtaining from said time-stamp authority said time stamp for said email prepared for submission to said time-stamp authority; and
notifying said email sender of said obtaining of said time stamp.
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Abstract
A certified email system for providing a time stamp for a presented file, particularly when the presented file is an email. Preferably a demanding party receives the email; generates a unique HASH; digitally signs the unique HASH; and sends the signed HASH and a time-stamp request call to a web services time-stamp conduit (WSTC). The WSTC receives the request and signed HASH from the demanding party and obtains a time stamp. The WSTC sends the time stamp back to the demanding party, which sends a time-stamp notification to the original sender of the email and, optionally, the recipient(s) of the email. Multiple branded or customized demanding servers can efficiently run using one web services time-stamp conduit.
An integrated detailed billing system capable of pass-through client billing, keyword search functionality, a multi-party content management system, and convenient web-based automated verification (file or HASH) services are provided.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for providing a time stamp by a time-stamping system, comprising:
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receiving an email from an email sender;
wherein said email has at least one recipient electronic-delivery address associated therewith for transmitting said email to at least one recipient and has a TCC;
Address associated therewith for transmitting said email to said time-stamping system;
wherein receipt of said email by said time-stamping system comprises a solicitation for said time stamp;preparing said email for submission to a time-stamp authority; obtaining from said time-stamp authority said time stamp for said email prepared for submission to said time-stamp authority; and notifying said email sender of said obtaining of said time stamp. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing detailed billing for a time-stamp cost, comprising:
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receiving an email from a user, said email having at least one recipient electronic-delivery address associated therewith for transmitting said email to at least one recipient and having a TCC;
Address associated therewith for transmitting said email to a time-stamping system, wherein said receipt of said email by said time-stamping system comprises a solicitation for said time stamp, and wherein said TCC;
Address comprises at least one IDENTIFIER coded within the local part of said TCC;
Address; andutilizing at least one billing-associable detail to provide said detailed billing for said time-stamp cost. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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