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Managing electronic messages with a message transfer agent

US11765121B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 2021
Grant dateSep 19, 2023
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L61/5007
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided herein are systems and methods for providing concurrent connection maximization. Operations include repeatedly increasing a quantity of logical connections between a source email sender and a destination email recipient server and tracking a quantity of logical connections; receiving a connection refusal signal and recording the tracked quantity of logical connections as active upon receipt; storing in a recipient status data set the active quantity of logical connections; and upon initiation of a new message send request to a recipient at the destination email recipient server, configuring a plurality of concurrent connections to the destination email recipient server based on the tracked quantity of logical connections and stored for the destination email recipient server; and sending messages over a portion of the plurality of concurrent connections within a threshold indicated by the tracked quantity of logical connections stored for the destination email recipient server.

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