Registered encrypted electronic message and selected content view proof system
View Patent ↗A method and system for processing an email having encrypted content and/or redacted content, and/or where the message content has been encrypted and recorded as encrypted, is provided.
1. A system for verifying at an intermediate server whether extracted or redacted content from a message received from a sender has been displayed for viewing by an original intended recipient, comprising:
a processor in communication with at least one memory;
an intermediate server configured in accordance with the processor and memory, the processor and intermediate server programmed using software commands to determine at the intermediate server whether extracted or redacted content from an original message received at the intermediate server from a sender and transmitted by the intermediate server to an original intended recipient has been displayed for viewing by the original intended recipient of the original message by
receiving a web call out from a recipient of the message transmitted to the original intended recipient, the received web call out configured to command the intermediate server to deliver the extracted or redacted content from the intermediate server to an originator of the web call out formatted as a pixel sized image or other content or image,
recording at the intermediate server in the memory at least a first IP address of the originator of the web call out to the intermediate server,
recording in the memory at least a second IP address associated with the extracted or redacted content from the received web call out or an action by the original intended recipient or other recipients taken to click on a link in the message to view the redacted or extracted content,
comparing the at least first and at least second IP addresses, and
transmitting a report to the sender or sender administrator a receipt or other report, a record or representation of the comparison.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the report indicates that the message was received and the extracted or redacted information was viewed at a same location.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the report indicates that the message was received and viewed at same device.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the report indicates that the recipient viewing the message is at a different IP address from another recipient IP address viewing the extracted or redacted content.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the report indicates that the recipient viewing the message is at a different IP address from a different recipient IP address viewing the extracted or redacted content and is an unexpected recipient.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the report includes timestamps of the recipient viewing the message at the different IP address, the timestamps being displayed or reported as similar in time.