Encrypted e-mail reader and responder system, method, and computer program product
US7174368B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for providing a encrypted email reader and responder is described. The method of distributing and initializing an encrypted electronic mail (email) software application for exchanging secure email, can include: obtaining by a first user a license for an email client software application program having public/private encryption; requesting by the first user that a second user download a reader/responder software application program in order to exchange encrypted email between the first user and the second user; downloading and installing the reader/responder software application program by the second user; sending an email by the second user to the first user including embedding an unencrypted public key by using a send key function of the reader/responder software application program; receiving the email from the second user by the first user, wherein the unencrypted public key is embedded in the email; responding by the first user by sending a second email to the first user, where the reader/responder software application program encrypts a message of the second email into an encrypted message using the unencrypted public key of the s…
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