Patent ID: 9626655
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for processing an electronic mail message (“email”), comprising: receiving, at a computing device, the email, the email being transmitted from an electronic device; generating, by the computing device, a transaction record relevant to a specific class of service of the email based upon details of a transaction associated with the email; receiving, by the computing device, an electronic postmark, the electronic postmark configured to authenticate the transaction record resulting in an authenticated transaction record; adding, by the computing device, a unique identifier of the electronic postmark to the email; transmitting the email, including the unique identifier, from the computing device; transmitting the authenticated transaction record from the computing device to the electronic device, the authenticated transaction record being transmitted to confirm the delivery of the email, including a confirmation of restricted delivery of the email to an addressee, the delivery of the email to the addressee configured to provide a notification of the email via a notice; receiving, by the computing device, the digitally signed notice via an electronic universal reference locator-type link in the notice; and delivering, by the computing device, a key to the addressee, the key configured to facilitate opening of the email.