Patent ID: 7058685

Claim:
In a digital content delivery service system, a method of sending and validating delivery of e-media, comprising the steps of: receiving e-media of a sender wherein the sender has indicated a requested type of delivery of the e-media to a receiving party, wherein the client is a software application; specifying, by the sender, a level of feedback from the receiving party that includes determining if the e-media and attached documents sent with it were printed and if the receiving party opened and interacted with the e-media and attached documents; accessing an account of the sender to obtain sender information; sending the e-media to the receiving party; creating a history record that includes a chain of delivery events occurring after sending the e-media and interaction events occurring after receipt of the e-media; receiving, by the sender, the history record and a validation of the requested type of delivery upon receipt of the e-media in the form of a biometric signature to indicate receipt of the e-media by the receiving party to allow the sender to make future e-media delivery decisions, wherein the validation of the requested type of delivery is unattended by the receiving party; and sending to the sender the history record and regular status updates on availability times of the receiving party to receive new e-media based on the events of the history record.