Method and system for anonymous sending of messages with possibility of responding
OwnerRafal Marek Leszczynainventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a system that enable a sender to send a message to a recipient in an anonymous way, allowing the recipient to respond to the sender after receiving the message. No data related to the sender and the recipient are retained in the system.
Claims17
A method that enables a sender to send a message to a recipient in an anonymous way, allowing the recipient to respond to the sender after receiving the message, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from a sender, in any order, an ID of the recipient and a content of the message to be sent to the recipient by an anonymity service;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a confirmation of sending of the message from the sender;
- generating an ID of the message to be sent to the recipient;
- and
- attaching the ID of the message to the message to be sent to the recipient;
- providing an anonymity service ID as the sender ID of the message to be sent to the recipient;
- sending the message to the recipient;
- receiving by the anonymity service a response from the recipient;
- storing the response for a defined time or until at least one predefined condition is satisfied;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a request from the sender for checking if a response with a message ID has arrived to the anonymity service;
- and
- providing the sender with a response or an informative message regarding the status of the response.
A system that enables a sender to send a message to a recipient in an anonymous way, allowing the recipient to respond to the sender after receiving the message, the system comprising at least one anonymity service comprising:
- obtaining, from a sender, in any order, an ID of the recipient and a content of the message to be sent to the recipient by an anonymity service;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a confirmation of sending of the message from the sender;
- generating an ID of the message to be sent to the recipient;
- and
- attaching the ID of the message to the message to be sent to the recipient;
- providing an anonymity service ID as the sender ID of the message to be sent to the recipient;
- sending the message to the recipient;
- receiving by the anonymity service a response from the recipient;
- storing the response for a defined time or until at least one predefined condition is satisfied obtaining by the anonymity service a request from the sender for checking if a response with a message ID has arrived to the anonymity service;
- and
- providing the sender with a response or an informative message regarding the status of the response.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a method that enables a sender to send a message to a recipient in an anonymous way, allowing the recipient to respond to the sender after receiving the message, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from a sender, in any order, an ID of the recipient and a content of the message to be sent to the recipient by an anonymity service;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a confirmation of sending of the message from the sender;
- generating an ID of the message to be sent to the recipient;
- and
- attaching the ID of the message to the message to be sent to the recipient;
- providing an anonymity service ID as the sender ID of the message to be sent to the recipient;
- sending the message to the recipient;
- receiving by the anonymity service a response from the recipient;
- storing the response for a defined time or until at least one predefined condition is satisfied;
- obtaining by the anonymity service a request from the sender for checking if a response with a message ID has arrived to the anonymity service;
- and
- providing the sender with a response or an informative message regarding the status of the response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.