Computer implemented system and method for authenticating a sender of electronic data to a recipient
AssigneeRpost Communications Limited
InventorTerrance A. Tomkow
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Abstract
A sever receives data from a sender to be dispatched to a recipient. Before dispatching the data to the recipient the server sends a message to the sender's email address requesting a response which will confirm the sender's authorship of the data. Upon receiving the confirmation about sender's authorship of the data, the server transmits the data together with an identification of the sender to the recipient.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for authenticating a sender of electronic data to a recipient, said method comprising the following computer implemented steps:
- receiving from the sender, at a server remote from the sender, electronic data including at least an email address of the sender;
- transmitting a message from the server to the sender's email address, the message requesting confirmation of the sender's ownership of the transmitted electronic data;
- receiving at the server a confirmation of the sender's ownership of the transmitted electronic data, the confirmation in response to the message sent from the server to the sender's email address;
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- transmitting a copy of the electronic data generated by the sender and a confirmation of the identity of the sender of the electronic data, from the server to a recipient.
A system for authenticating a sender of electronic data to a recipient, comprising:
- a server having a processor programmed by software commands to receive electronic information from a sender,
- transmit a message to the sender asking the sender to confirm ownership of the received electronic information,
- receive confirmation from the sender authenticating the sender to the email, and
- transmit the message and a copy of the confirmation to a recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.