Method for securely sending an email
AssigneeMailSPEC LLC
InventorJon Doyle
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Abstract
A method of securely sending (200a) an electronic mail, with the method (200a) comprising: receiving, at an electronic mail server (102) a request from a user to send the electronic mail, with the user having an electronic mail account on the electronic mail server (102), and the user having previously identified himself to the electronic mail account; in response to receiving the request, the server (102) sending a security test to be completed by the user to a trusted apparatus (104) associated with the user via a secure channel; the server (102) receiving the security test completed by the user via the secure channel; server (102) validating the security test completed by the user; and server (102) sending the electronic mail if the test is validated by the user.
Claims21
A method of securely sending an electronic mail, the method comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic mail server, a request from a user to send the electronic mail, with the user having an electronic mail account on the electronic mail server, and the user having previously identified himself to the electronic mail account;
- in response to receiving the request, sending, by the server, a security test to be completed by the user to a trusted device associated with the user via a secure channel;
- the server receiving the security test, completed by the user, via the secure channel;
- the server verifying the security test completed by the user;
- and
- the server sending the email if the test is validated by the user.
A method of securely sending an electronic mail, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a trusted device associated with the user in response to receiving a request for transmission, by a server, of an electronic mail, a security test to be completed by the user via a secure channel;
- the user completing the security test user on the trusted device;
- transmitting the security test completed by the user to the server, via the secure channel for validation and transmission of the email by the server, if the test is validated by the user.
A method of detecting a request to send an electronic mail, the method comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic mail server, a request from a user to send the electronic mail, with the user having an electronic mail account on the electronic mail server, and the user having previously identified himself to the electronic mail account;
- in response to receiving the request, sending, by the server, a security test to be completed by the user to a trusted device associated with the user via a secure channel;
- the server receiving the security test completed by the user via the secure channel;
- the server verifying the security test completed by the user;
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- the server rejecting the email or sending it to a recipient other than the one specified in the message, if the test is not validated by the user.
A method of securely receiving an email from a user, with the method consisting of:
- receiving, at an electronic mail server, a request to receive the electronic mail, with the user having an electronic mail account on the electronic mail server, and the user having previously identified himself to the electronic mail account;
- in response to receiving the request, sending, by the server, a security test, to be completed by the user, to a trusted device associated with the user, via a secure channel;
- the server receiving the security test completed by the user via the secure channel;
- the server verifying the security test completed by the user;
- the server receiving the email;
- and
- the server sending the email to the user if the test is validated by the user.
A method of securely receiving an email from a user, the method comprising:
- a server receiving, at a trusted device associated with the user, in response to receiving a request to receive an electronic mail, a security test to be completed by the user via a secure channel;
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- the completing the security test on the trusted device;
- transmitting the security test completed by the user to the server, via the secure channel for validation and transmission of the mail to the user by the server, if the test is validated by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.