Patent ID: 9654431
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for verifying a registered email address associated with a registered user account, the computer-executable instructions comprising: instructions for receiving, at a verification service from a sender, the registered email address and message content including a link to deliver a landing page to the registered email address, the link providing a message ID to identify the registered email address receiving an email message; instructions for causing, by the verification service, the email message to be transmitted to the registered email address, the email message including the message content and the link configured to deliver the landing page to the registered email address; instructions for causing data associated with the landing page to be transmitted to a device associated with the recipient; instructions for identifying, the registered email address of the recipient receiving the message based on the message ID; instructions for detecting, by the verification service, that the recipient associated with the registered email address has logged in at the landing page by entering a login email address; instructions for determining, by the verification service, the login email address entered by the recipient matches the registered email address from the email message transmitted to the recipient; instructions for, in response to determining, by the verification service, that the registered email address and the login email address match, marking the registered email address as verified as being associated with the registered user account of the recipient; and instructions for providing verification data to the sender indicating that the registered email address has been verified.