Patent ID: 8145715
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for sending off-the-record Internet electronic mail from a message sender to a receiving device through the message sender's personal server in said message sender's personal workstation, comprising: storing an e-mail message on the personal server, wherein the message includes a subject line that determines whether or not the message is to be off-the-record, generating a message pointer on the personal server in the personal workstation, transmitting the message pointer to the receiving device through a first Internet connection, transmitting a request from the receiving device to the personal server, in response to the request, transmitting in read-only form the e-mail message from the personal server to the receiving device through a second Internet connection, wherein the message in read-only form is transmitted in a form that disables the ability to cache the message in the receiving device, wherein the first Internet connection is through at least one relay server and the second Internet connection is a secure point-to-point connection.