Patent ID: 8924495

Claim:
A method implemented by a first end-user communication device for processing the receipt of a first HTTP message, the method comprising: receiving the first HTTP message that comprises a digital packet having a header and a user data segment, the user data segment containing a user message and an acknowledgement command where the acknowledgement command conveys a request from an originating device to acknowledge receipt of the subject first HTTP message; preventing the display on a screen of the first end-user communication device of content of the received user message until input on the first end-user communication device is entered authorizing a reply to the acknowledgement request; upon receiving the input authorizing the reply: automatically generating by the first end-user communication device and transmitting a reply HTTP message with an acknowledgement to the originating device corresponding to the subject first HTTP message; enabling the display of the content of the corresponding received user message on the screen of the first end-user communication device; and storing in the first end-user communication device a read message indicator having a value that represents that the reply HTTP message was authorized and the content of the received first HTTP message enabled to be displayed.