Patent ID: 8572187

Claim:
A method, comprising: storing, in association with a message processing server, original application-layer message content associated with at least one message received by the message processing server; comparing incoming original application-layer message content within at least one incoming message with the stored original application-layer message content; determining whether the stored original application-layer message content is duplicated by the incoming original application-layer message content associated with the at least one incoming message; and performing a duplicate message content management action based upon the determination as to whether the stored original application-layer message content is duplicated by the incoming original application-layer message content associated with the at least one incoming message; where storing, in association with the message processing server, the original application-layer message content associated with the at least one received message comprises: calculating a message content integrity value comprising at least one of a checksum value and a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) value based upon the original application-layer message content associated with the at least one received message; and storing the original application-layer message content associated with the at least one received message in a memory at a location referenced by the message content integrity value; and where storing, in association with the message processing server, the original application-layer message content associated with the at least one received message comprises time stamping the original application-layer message content associated with the at least one received message with an arrival time and further comprising: storing the arrival time with the original application-layer message content associated with the at least one received message; and discarding the stored original application-layer message content upon expiration of a configured expiration event for storage of message content.