Patent ID: 6230186
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A system for the transmission of a private message from a sender to a receiver using a Transmission Control Protocol having a header, said system comprising:a first 16 bits allocated to a source port identification within said header of said Transmission Control Protocol, said source port identifying said sender;a second 16 bits allocated to destination port identification within said header of said Transmission Control Protocol, said destination port identifying said receiver;six reserved bits within said header of said Transmission Control Protocol;means at said sender for inserting a privacy attribute into said private message said privacy attribute contained within said six reserved bits; andmeans for disabling one or more message processing functions at said receiver in response to detection of said privacy attribute contained within said six reserved bits as part of said Transmission Control Protocol, said private message contained within a group of 500 octets following said header.